Texas Mom's Heartbreaking Claim: Is Her Son's Body on Display in Vegas?

A mother who claims that her son's dead body is being used in a museum display without her consent claims she has 'proof' it is really him. As previously reported , Kim Erick claims that the Real Bodies exhibition in Las Vegas has been showcasing what she believes are the plastinated remains of her son, 23-year-old Chris Todd Erick, who died in 2012. Chris’s death was officially ruled a suicide after a toxicology report found a lethal amount of cyanide in his system, after authorities had initially believed he'd died in his sleep at his grandmother’s home after suffering two heart attacks linked to a heart defect, per Yahoo .

Kim claimed that police photographs from the scene of Chris's death had further fueled her suspicions that something untoward had happened before his death, as she claimed they showed bruises, lacerations, and what appeared to be a chair fitted with straps. Christopher Todd Erick's body was found at his grandmother's house in 2012. Credit: Facebook Kim claims that she never had the chance to hold a funeral for her son, alleging that her ex-partner, Chris’s father, arranged a cremation for him while she was in shock and grieving.

A 2014 homicide investigation ultimately produced no evidence of foul play, but the ordeal was not over for the grieving mother, who claims she found his body at the Real Bodies exhibit in 2018. She became convinced that one of the figures - known as The Thinker - was actually the skinned and preserved remains of her late son. "I knew it was him," she told The Sun .