Hospital told woman's family she had checked out when she was actually dead, lawsuit says

Jessie Peterson's family had been searching for her for nearly a year when they found her dead in a cold storage facility.

Jessie Peterson last spoke to her mother, Ginger Congi, last April, when she asked to be picked up from a northern California hospital. But when Congi called the hospital days later, staff said Peterson had already checked out — against medical advice. After searching for Peterson for almost exactly a year, Congi received a phone call: Her daughter had been dead, her body held in cold storage, all along.

The complaint says her sister filed a missing person's report with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office, posted flyers, talked with the homeless to see if Peterson had been spotted and had her information posted to the Department of Justice's missing persons' website. Other family members checked with the county coroner or handed out photos to area first responders and law enforcement.

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