Lisa Marie Presley kept her dead son's body in her home for two months

Lisa Marie Presley was so heartbroken over the loss of her son Benjamin Keough that she kept his body in her home for two months after his death – and even invited a tattoo artist to see him so Lisa Marie could get the right ink.

That's just one of the stunning revelations in Presley's new memoir, “From Here to the Great Unknown,” which was completed by her actress daughter Riley Keough after the 54-year-old's death in January 2023.

In the book, Lisa Marie reveals that she had to force herself to “fight” to stay alive for her remaining children Riley and twin daughters Harper and Finley Lockwood, now 16. That meant she couldn't say goodbye to Benjamin right away — in part because she couldn't decide whether to bury him in Hawaii or at Graceland, the Memphis estate where Elvis died and is buried.

“My house has a separate casitas bedroom and I put Ben there for two months. “There is no law in the state of California that says you have to bury someone immediately,” writes Lisa Marie. “I found a very compassionate funeral home owner…She said, 'We'll bring Ben Ben to you.'

The temperature in the room was 55 degrees to protect his body, she writes, adding that she “got so used to him that she took care of him and kept him there.”

Riley and Lisa Marie decided to honor Benjamin by getting tattoos that fit him – he had his sister's name written on his collarbone and his mother's name written on his hand.

Riley had her brother's collarbone tattooed and a tattoo artist was called to the house so Lisa Marie had his name written on her hand. When the tattoo artist asked if they had photos of Benjamin's tattoos so he could match the font and positioning, Lisa Marie replied, “No, but I can show you.”

Riley writes: “Lisa Marie Presley had just asked this poor man to look at the body of her dead son, which happened to be right next to us in the casitas. I’ve had an extremely absurd life, but this moment is in the top five.”

For her part, Lisa Marie also knew it was strange. “I think it would scare the hell out of anyone else if their son was there like that. But not me,” she writes.

Shortly after tattoo day, Riley recalls, “everyone felt the vibe” that Benjamin wanted to be laid to rest.

“Even my mom said she could feel him talking to her and saying, 'This is crazy mom, what are you doing?' What the fuck!”

The family held a funeral for Benjamin in Malibu. New Age author Deepak Chopra led the ceremony and Riley said she was forced to keep her eyes closed the entire time as she “fought to survive.”

Benjamin was buried with Elvis at Graceland; Lisa Marie was later buried there.

Riley writes extensively about her brother's struggle with mental health and how often he constantly binge drank, adding that she doesn't believe he “really” wanted to die.

She and her mother searched his phone after his death, looking for answers

“We found a text message that was sent to my mother a few weeks before he died that said, 'I think there's something wrong with me mentally or something like that.' “I think I have a mental problem,” Riley writes. “It breaks my heart that it wasn’t until two weeks before his suicide that he realized he might need help.”