Los Angeles ( CNN ) -- Casey Kasem 's body was flown to Canada a month after he died , a funeral home director told CNN Tuesday . Kasem 's corpse was taken from a Washington state funeral home last week before the radio icon 's daughter could enforce a court order against it being removed , according to the director of Tacoma 's Gaffney Funeral Home . A lawyer delivered the order a day after the body was sent out of the country , Corey Gaffney said . `` I disclosed to her attorney that the body was no longer in our care , '' Gaffney said . Kasem 's wife , Jean Kasem , said she has been `` blackmailed '' by her husband 's children for 35 years . `` This is a shakedown and I will not negotiate with terrorists , '' she told CNN . `` I will not give in to their blackmail and attacks . '' Casey Kasem 's body is missing , daughter says . Daughter Kerri Kasem accuses her stepmother of abusing her elderly father and contributing to his death by taking him from a Santa Monica , California , care facility in May and relocating him to Washington . Santa Monica Police have `` an open and ongoing investigation '' into the elder abuse allegation , Sgt . Rudy Camarena said last week . Kasem , who entertained radio listeners for almost four decades as the host of countdown shows such as `` American Top 40 '' and `` Casey 's Top 40 , '' died in a hospital in Gig Harbor , Washington , on June 15 . He was 82 . Gaffney said Kasem was kept in his funeral home until he was instructed by Jean Kasem to send it to Montreal last week . `` I took Casey to the airport myself , oversaw every detail myself from the moment we brought him into care , '' Gaffney said . He tracked its arrival in Montreal , he said . The death certificate listed Urgel Bourgie , a funeral and cemetery business in Montreal , as the planned destination , he said . CNN has not independently confirmed the details of the death certificate or the arrival of the remains at the Montreal funeral home . Danny Deraney , a representative for Kerri Kasem , said Jean Kasem has the legal right to control her late husband 's remains . `` The bottom line is that they want to know where he 'll be buried , '' Deraney said . `` I think they have that right . '' Kerri Kasem is pushing for a new law in California to give adult children visitation rights with their aging or incapacitated parents . `` There are so many people dealing with the same situation my family is dealing with , and we are receiving so many letters and e-mails , '' she said in a posting on her Facebook page Tuesday . Casey Kasem tributes : 'Keep reaching for the stars ' Casey Kasem 's global reach : long-distance dedications .
A Washington funeral director says he sent Kasem 's remains to Canada last week . Kasem 's wife , Jean , requested the body be flown to Montreal , the funeral director says . Score: 6 Casey Kasem was 82 when he died in Washington state last month .