The killer was put to death and will be interred. But first he must be housed in a temporary coffin next my mother’s bed in her jail cell in Coring Road. Her bed is in the corner of the room and it would separate her from the next bed over.
That’s not very nice, I think. I imagine a large yellow canister like casket looming over her bed. Dwarfing her own bed.
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But then we are told that it will be more like a wooden table, the remains sealed in a cabinet at one end.
We have questions: Will it leak during the time it is there? How long would it be there? Will it start to smell? Will the stench escape? That’s the main thing.
Is the body cremated? I ask.
Yes, the body is cremated and the ashes are stored at the top end. You can even lift the table up, as the end without the cabinet is lighter. And because it is flat you can even put books on it like a side table.
