This sort of story is always going to be popular on news feeds especially not too far from Halloween. Readers find themselves dealing with deep-seated fears of being buried alive when they hear about cases of this nature. While being buried alive is not likely to happen in first-world countries, we know that it has happened in the past.
In the U.S. autopsy is generally required for any unattended death, accidental death, possible homicide, etc. I would say that this is the same for Germany as the story reads as if she were in a morgue for a medical examiner, coroner, or equivalent for autopsy rather than a morgue at a hospital or funeral home. It is sad that she was there several hours before anyone noticed breathing, but it still might be what saves her life. Had it been until they had gotten around to making the first incision for autopsy, she might have already passed away while in the morgue.
I think what really scares people about stories like this is not the idea of someone being in a place that is connotative of death when they are still alive. I think it is because we do not speak of death in Western culture with anything other than trepidation. We try to deny that it exists or beat it back as far and as long as we can even though we know logically that we all die at some point. Death is often seen as a negative thing, even in belief systems that promote life after death. I prefer to speak about death as it is and acknowledge its importance in the life cycle.
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