Man discovers nude photo of mother’s body on phone taken minutes after she was found dead

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) – A man in Tennessee is outraged following a horrific discovery regarding his mother’s death.

Two days after LaJuanese Trannon’s death, her son, Lemichael Wilson, said he discovered a nude photo of her dead body on her cell phone.

The morbid discovery has left Wilson questioning the professionalism of Memphis police offices.

Wilson said he and his mother spoke and texted regularly.

However, while traveling before the Fourth of July holiday, his phone calls went unanswered.

“And when I did not hear from her, I reached out to the landlord and asked the landlord to do a wellness check,” Wilson said.

On July 1, the landlord found Trannon’s Orange Mound home a wreck and the 69-year-old woman dead.

The Memphis Police Department was called to investigate.

Wilson said the medical examiner ruled her cause of death as by a pulmonary embolism.

“She was not (sick). This was not expected. It was completely a surprise,” Wilson said.

Wilson came across another surprise two days later on his mother’s cell phone.

“I received a Google notification on her phone, and that Google notification was for a photo memory,” Wilson said. “Much to my chagrin, I discovered there were two pictures of my mom’s deceased body lying in her bed. She was nude with four electrodes on her body in a pool of blood.”

The photo shows Trannon in nothing but her underwear sprawled on her bed on her stomach with what appears to be efforts to revive her.

Due to the graphic nature of the photo, its contents will not be publicly shared.

Wilson is now wondering just who took the photo.

According to the police report, officers arrived at the home at 12:30 p.m.

According to Wilson’s phone history, he received a call from Memphis police at 1:01 p.m., telling him his mother was found unresponsive.

The image’s metadata is time stamped to 1:04 p.m.

“There is absolutely no way that you mistakenly thought this was your phone,” Wilson said. “I think it was very much unprofessional, but I also think it was intentional. But the motivation behind it I have not been able to identify, because there are just some things that you don’t do.”

Wilson has filed a formal complaint with the Memphis Police Department while trying to finalize the affairs of his mother.

But the final photo of his mother has left him with so many questions and so much pain, he said.

“Just the fact that I have lost my mom leaves me null and void and empty and numb,” Wilson said. “But to see the picture of my mom is indescribable. It’s just no words.”

WMC has reached out to Memphis police for a statement about the photo, specifically asking if any officers were questioned about the incident or have faced any disciplinary action.

The department has not yet responded.