--- title: Where is Radio Host Casey Kasem's Body? description: A mystery is forming around the deceased radio host's whereabouts canonical: https://time.com/3007656/casey-kasem-body/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-19T18:17:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:14:45.826Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Radio Host Casey Kasem's Body Missing, Says Daughter's Lawyer og:description: A mystery is forming around the deceased radio host's whereabouts og:url: https://time.com/3007656/casey-kasem-body/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f947c8e13edc65b/69869c69cd804d1cafccc021/ap178534105793.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Casey Kasem og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Radio Host Casey Kasem's Body Missing, Says Daughter's Lawyer twitter:description: A mystery is forming around the deceased radio host's whereabouts twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f947c8e13edc65b/69869c69cd804d1cafccc021/ap178534105793.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Radio Host Casey Kasem's Body Missing, Says Daughter's Lawyer by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Jul 19, 2014 6:17 PM UTC  Casey Kasem poses for photographers after receiving the Radio Icon award during The 2003 Radio Music Awards at the Aladdin Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Oct. 27, 2003. Casey Kasem poses for photographers after receiving the Radio Icon award during The 2003 Radio Music Awards at the Aladdin Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Oct. 27, 2003.Eric Jamison—AP by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Jul 19, 2014 6:17 PM UTC A judge has placed a restraining order on Casey Kasem’s wife, preventing her from cremating the famous radio host’s remains, but it’s [unclear where they remains are](http://www.people.com/article/casey-kasem-body-missing-cremation). The restraining order was granted on the behest of Kerri Kasem, the personality’s daughter, who asked a judge to ensure Kasem’s body was held in cold storage and not cremated before an autopsy was completed. But when Kerry Kasem’s lawyer went to a Tacoma, Washington, funeral home with a copy of the restraining order, he was told the funeral home no longer had Kasem’s remains. Gaffney Funeral Home & Cremation Services confirmed that Kasem’s body was no longer there. “They said they could not disclose where he had gone or where he would end up,” Kerry Kasem’s lawyer, Scott Winship, told People. Kasem was the radio host of “American Top 40” and voice of animated television characters like Scooby-Doo’s sidekick Shaggy. He died at age 82 on June 15 at a hospital in Gig Harbor, Washington. He was suffering from dementia and his death followed a lengthy debate over his care between his wife and his three children from his first marriage. \[[People](http://www.people.com/article/casey-kasem-body-missing-cremation)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3007656/casey-kasem-body/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3007656/casey-kasem-body/"},"headline":"Radio Host Casey Kasem's Body Missing, Says Daughter's Lawyer","datePublished":"2014-07-19T18:17:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:14:45.826Z","description":"Wife and daughters embroiled in debate over his care","url":"https://time.com/3007656/casey-kasem-body/","keywords":["radio","celebrities","Music","entertainment"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f947c8e13edc65b/69869c69cd804d1cafccc021/ap178534105793.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f947c8e13edc65b/69869c69cd804d1cafccc021/ap178534105793.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Casey Kasem","caption":"Casey Kasem","creditText":"Eric Jamison—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/radio/","name":"radio"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3007656/casey-kasem-body/","name":"Radio Host Casey Kasem's Body Missing, Says Daughter's Lawyer"}}]}] ```