With Representatives Edgar Chatto of the first district and Adam Relson Jala of the third district as guarantors, the Coop Funeral Homes finally released Friday afternoon last week the decomposing cadaver of a British man who was about to marry a lass from Candijay after holding it for 64 days for unpaid embalming and other services. British national George William Dawson was finally given due funeral rites at Dampas cemetery in Tagbilaran City Friday afternoon, in a land miles away from his homeland exactly two months and four days since his death on November 28 last year. This relieved his 18-year-old Boholana fiancée, Jeaneth Piquero, of long, unspeakable grief. Piquero and her family profoundly thanked Chatto and Jala for facilitating the release of Dawson 's cadaver from the Coop Funeral Homes and his burial rites. Dawson died of diabetis mellitus towards the Yuletide season after weeks of costly confinement in a local hospital.

The funeral parlor refused to release his cadaver pending payment of the fees for embalming and other services which accumulated to over P110,000. Piquero had to send an e-mail to Dawson 's family in the United Kingdom for possible transport of his remains back home or a permission to bury him in Tagbilaran City. But the grieving girl was outrightly refused assistance. With her mother, Piquero sought assistance from the local media, which led them to Chatto. Chatto directed his staff in Manila office to bring up the matter to the British Embassy. However, it was found out that Dawson had a dual citizenship as a British and at the same time, an American. This hindered his surviving fiancée from getting any assistance from either embassy for the disposal of Dawson 's corpse.

Chatto coordinated with the office of Jala since Piquero is a constituent of the third district, for a possible alternative. Chatto's staff, Anthony Damalerio, accompanied her to Jala's father, former third district representative Eladio Jala, on Tuesday since the young Jala was in Manila. The two solons volunteered as guarantors for the release of the foreigner's remains from the funeral home while their aids would still be processed through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Piquero and her family also thanked the Church-provided caretaker of the Dampas cemetery who coordinated with barangay captain Fredison Ingles. Dawson and Piquero lived together for about eight months in Booy, Tagbilaran City and planned for their marriage until his death parted them.