A Lie
His mother had an uncommon form of Alzheimers that needed to be researched more, so he had entrusted the BRC with his mother’s remains. He had donated her body to hopefully find a cure for Alzheimer’s.
And a while after he had donated her body, her ashes had been sent to him with a notice that the had studied her brain. The family had found closure in knowing that her death would save the lives of others. But little to their knowledge this had all been a lie.