Mother’s Grief Worsens After Learning Coroner Kept Young Son’s Brain

STOCKTON/FRENCH CAMP (CBS13) – Nine months after the death of her son, Nicole Denae Smith’s learned the San Joaquin Coroner kept some of his remains.
The 16-month old toddler was put down for a nap but never woke up.
“I touched his leg, and I knew,” said Nicole. “I didn’t want to believe. So I shook him and screamed, and he didn’t flinch.”
She couldn’t believe she was going through the pain of losing another child. Three years earlier her son