“I remember just standing there in disbelief … and the initial confusion very quickly turned to rage,” said Bordignon, who works as a police officer.

“I’m no fool, I’ve seen autopsies performed, they are not pretty … it was soul-crushing and just wrong… It’s just like, okay, so if this is an itemized list, this means the autopsy has been done. Where is she?”

CBC News has learned that the Bordignons’ concerns about both the invoice and the delay in releasing Makayla’s body are now under investigation by B.C.'s Patient Care Quality Review Board — the body tasked with reviewing complaints about health authority policies and procedure.

The story highlights what experts say is a lack of standardized care when it comes to stillbirths, which can result in errors that traumatize already grieving families.