But Linda was already on her phone, dialing 911. Her shaking hands barely held it steady. “This is Linda Parker,” she said, her voice trembling but sharp. “We’re at St. Mary’s Chapel. My son’s body is missing. The person in the coffin is not him.”

Gasps filled the room. The funeral turned into chaos. The police arrived within twenty minutes, sealing the chapel. Officers began questioning everyone — the funeral home staff, the hospital representative, even Linda’s relatives.

Somewhere in that chaos, one terrifying thought settled deep in her chest:
If that wasn’t Ethan in the coffin…
Then where was her real son?
Detective Mark Holloway led the investigation. The first step was to verify the body’s identity. The fingerprints from the corpse did not match Ethan Parker’s records. DNA samples confirmed it — the body in the coffin belonged to an unidentified young man.