article_snippet: First, the physician who signed Lantigua's death certificate never received or examined his body.
article_snippet: The investigators also said there had been no autopsy.
article_snippet: Finally, the crematorium that had supposedly been used was 250 miles from where Lantigua supposedly died.
article_snippet: his body was purportedly not prepared in any way prior to the cremation and likely would have rapidly decomposed during the lengthy travel in high temperatures,' American General said in court documents.
article_snippet: The crematorium representative who signed the certificate was paid to generate false documents, American General said.