Julie Mott, died on August 8, 2015 of natural causes. Julie Mott was twenty-five years old. The family arranged for the funeral memorial to be followed by cremation.

On August 15, 2015 the memorial service was held at the Cherry Ridge Mission Park location in San Antonio, TX to the crematorium, Mission lost possession of Julie Mott’s body and to this day has been unable to explain how they lost the body.

During the trial, Katzman argued that Mission Park’s security at the funeral home was inadequate (improper policies) and that employees lacked proper training.