Unique Mica Green-Battle: Houston Funeral Director Accused of Posing as Widow to Steal $2.2M Estate of Deceased Man
A Harris County judge has set bond at $800,000 for a Houston funeral home director who is accused of taking more than $2 million from a dead man’s estate by posing as his widow and filing forged documents with the court.
On July 31, 2026, Unique Mica Green-Battle appeared before the judge as she is facing five felony charges.
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According to prosecutors, after 78-year-old Lawrence Gammon Gammon died of natural causes in the summer of 2025, Green-Battle created a fake will that identified her as his surviving spouse.
Investigators say she then dubiously transfered ownership of his home, his vehicles and his financial accounts into her own hands, stealing an estimated $2.2 million, as per Fox6 Houston.
Additionally, court records detail that she also falsified a death certificate and submitted forged probate filings to cement her claim over the estate.
Gammon’s own family had originally hired Green-Battle to handle his funeral arrangements, but they grew suspicious when they didn't get the services they paid for, even after they had shared his personal documents over email.
The criminal charges against Green-Battle first started from a much wider Houston Police Department investigation into a funeral home called A Community Funeral Home.
In November 2025, police executed a search warrant at the business after families came forward with accusations that their loved ones’ remains had been mishandled and that the identities of deceased relatives were being stolen.
Inside, officers found dozens of boxes of cremated remains and seized financial records. Authorities have said that particular investigation remains active, and they continue to coordinate with the Texas Funeral Service Commission.
The bond hearing on July 31 did not delve into the detailed evidence against her but instead focused on the conditions of her release.
As Green-Battle left the building after the bond hearing, she first told reporters she had nothing to say, however, when she was bombarded with many questions, she quickly changed course and began firing off insults.
When she was asked how she had managed to post the $800,000 bond earlier in the week, she snapped and said, “Get out of my face.”
A reporter then asked her about the allegations that she had forged paperwork to steal Gammon’s estate, and she responded, “Get you some shoes that look good. Did your mother forge them?,” as per Click2Houston.
When another reporter questioned about human organs that investigators reportedly discovered inside a Home Depot bucket during a raid of her funeral home, Green-Battle told the reporter the organs “were for you to eat for lunch.”
Green-Battle’s attorney, Gilbert Villarreal, spoke with reporters after the hearing and maintained that his client is innocent.
“She has always claimed her innocence, she’s not guilty and there’s an explanation for all this evidence against her,” Villarreal said. He added that Green-Battle is presumed innocent unless the state proves its case in court.
At the bond hearing, Green-Battle was explicitly barred from any direct or indirect role in planning end-of-life services anywhere in Harris County as the case continues,.
She cannot accept money for those services or present herself as someone qualified to perform them. A follow-up court date has been scheduled for early September 2026, and the criminal case is ongoing.
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