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A family is suing a Sacramento hospital, accusing the hospital of misplacing a woman's body after she died, and never informing them of her death. The family of 31-year-old Jessie Peterson had been on a yearlong missing persons search for her. It turns out Jessie had died at Mercy San Juan Medical Center in Carmichael, and her body was shipped to a cold storage facility. The suit claims all this happened without notifying the family, even though Peterson had next of kin information on her medical records. The family is seeking 15 million dollars in punitive damages. The attorneys for the hospital and the family plan to meet in court next month.