NORTH MIAMI BEACH (PIX11) — A Florida woman is now scarred for life after finding her father’s charred body without chunks of skin after he died while sitting for hours in a malfunctioning sauna Sunday.

According to CBS Miami, 68-year-old Dennis Antiporek left a note Sunday night saying he was going to the sauna at Eden Isles Condominiums.

When he hadn’t returned after several hours, his family went to look for him.

Antiporek’s daughter Lara Antiporek opened the door and said she saw a man whose skin was a dark color. She didn’t realize it was actually her light-skinned father of Polish and Russian descent until she noticed his clothing hanging up nearby, according to CBS Miami.

Ronnie Antiporek, Dennis Antiporek’s wife, says she can’t get the image out of her mind.

“I close my eyes and I just see his face charred,” Ronnie Antiporek said. “And this sounds horrible, but there was skin on the floor and on the bench and we shouldn’t have had to see that.”

The family has reportedly hired a lawyer who plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the management company and the condo’s homeowner’s association, Eden Isles Condominiums.

The family’s lawyer believes the timer in the sauna failed to shut off the heat.