Only if the likelihood of guilt is beyond a reasonable doubt, which the DA may not want to try. In civil suits the bar is lower as it's only a requirement for a preponderance of evidence.

Odds are the hospital will settle this out of court for an undisclosed sum because they can't realistically have their records on the matter brought to light. Was it medical malpractice?! We'll never know.

>Odds are the hospital will settle this out of court for an undisclosed sum because they can't realistically have their records on the matter brought to light

IMO it should not be legally possible to settle something this dire out of court. You shouldn't be able to bury anything simply by paying a large sum.

I think those are orthogonal. If I wrong you I can be brought up on criminal charges, and independently, you can sue for damages.

Only if a prosecutor wants it to be.

What specific criminal laws are you suggesting were broken?

Obviously a lot of crap happened here but there's not a legal obligation to be helpful to next-of-kin. Suing for vague "damages" is going to be far more productive.

Taking her remains without the knowledge and consent of her next of kin is surely illegal. If I put a corpse in a warehouse for a year while the family was begging me to tell them where their loved one was, I would expect to face criminal negligence charges at the least.