A Houston funeral home operator was released after posting an $800,000 bond after being charged with five felonies on allegations that they forged a man’s will to obtain more than $2.2 million in assets.
Unique Mica Green-Battle, 47, made their first court appearance Friday morning, 10 days after their arrest on allegations that they posed as the spouse of Lawrence Gammon, a 78-year-old man who died in June 2025.
Green-Battle’s release marks the latest development in a case that stretches from a disputed probate filing to allegations of forged licensing records and improperly retained cremated remains. The investigation also raises questions about how funeral businesses, banks and courts verify the identities and documents used to control a dead person’s property.
Authorities allege Green-Battle filed a backdated and forged will bearing a forged signature and notary seal, and used a falsified death certificate to access Gammon’s financial accounts before transferring roughly $2 million into a newly opened account. The more than $2.2 million cited by investigators includes the value of Gammon’s financial accounts and other property.
Investigators also allege Green-Battle impersonated another Houston funeral home, submitted fraudulent documents to the Texas Funeral Service Commission to seek funeral director and embalmer licenses, and improperly retained dozens of cremated remains – including Gammon’s – at A Community Funeral Home.
During a November 2025 search of the business, officers found a bucket containing what charging documents described as human organs.