Jahi McMath, the Oakland teen whose brain-death on Dec 12, 2013 in Oakland, Alameda County, California, captivated the world while machines kept her breathing, was finally removed from those machines on June 22 in New Jersey after suffering from internal bleeding and kidney issues, her family and attorney said Thursday. Nearly five years after California officially declared her deceased, the state of New Jersey has issued a death certificate, listing the preliminary cause of death as bleeding. Her body will be flown home to Oakland next week, her brain preserved for scientists to study, said family attorney Christopher Dolan. The girl’s mother, Nailah Winkfield, who had rejected California’s conclusion that her daughter was dead, fought back tears in a phone interview with the Bay Area News Group on Thursday afternoon. Jahi was at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, where she had undergone multiple surgeries since April.
Her brain was donated to science. Her body was interred at Mount Eden Cemetery in Hayward, California. Family's church is Yeshua Our Lord church in Oakland. Funeral was July 6, 2018.
Her brain was donated to science. Her body was interred at Mount Eden Cemetery in Hayward, California. Family's church is Yeshua Our Lord church in Oakland. Funeral was July 6, 2018.
Jahi McMath, the Oakland teen whose brain-death on Dec 12, 2013 in Oakland, Alameda County, California, captivated the world while machines kept her breathing, was finally removed from those machines on June 22 in New Jersey after suffering from internal bleeding and kidney issues, her family and attorney said Thursday. Nearly five years after California officially declared her deceased, the state of New Jersey has issued a death certificate, listing the preliminary cause of death as bleeding. Her body will be flown home to Oakland next week, her brain preserved for scientists to study, said family attorney Christopher Dolan. The girl’s mother, Nailah Winkfield, who had rejected California’s conclusion that her daughter was dead, fought back tears in a phone interview with the Bay Area News Group on Thursday afternoon. Jahi was at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, where she had undergone multiple surgeries since April.
Her brain was donated to science. Her body was interred at Mount Eden Cemetery in Hayward, California. Family's church is Yeshua Our Lord church in Oakland. Funeral was July 6, 2018.
Her brain was donated to science. Her body was interred at Mount Eden Cemetery in Hayward, California. Family's church is Yeshua Our Lord church in Oakland. Funeral was July 6, 2018.
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