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ALSIP, Ill. - Four workers at a historic cemetery that is the final resting place for many famous blacks have been charged with taking part in a scam in which employees dug up and dismembered bodies, dumped them into unmarked mass graves and then resold the plots to unsuspecting members of the public, authorities said.
Carolyn Towns, 49, Keith Nicks, 45, and Terrence Nicks, 39, all of Chicago, and 61-year-old Maurice Dailey of Robbins, were charged Thursday with one count each of dismembering a human body, a felony.
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Outside Chicago, a Grim Tale of Unearthed Graves
Jul 9th, 2009 - TIME
The first report, that 50 or so graves had been disturbed at the historic Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Ill. — the final resting place of civil rights icon Emmett Till, and the singer Dinah Washington — was grotesque...
Investigation continues of unearthed bodies and resold plots at Ill. cemetery
Jul 9th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
ALSIP, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say more than a dozen more cases of disturbed graves have turned up at a historic black cemetery in Illinois where four people are accused of unearthing hundreds of corpses in a scheme to resell burial plots.
Waiting for Michael's brain - Chicago Sun
Jul 9th, 2009 - Chicago Sun-Times
This gives new meaning to the phrase "a no-brainer.'' It sounds creepy -- and almost like something out of a horror film -- but Michael Jackson's brain was not in that casket during the service at Staples Center Tuesday.
4 accused of digging up bodies at Ill. cemetery
Jul 9th, 2009 - Washington Post
ALSIP, Ill. -- Four cemetery workers have been charged with dismembering bodies after police found what they called "startling and revolting" conditions at a historic cemetery near Chicago.
4 charged with digging up more than 100 Ill. graves
Jul 9th, 2009 - USA Today
ALSIP, Ill. (AP) — Three men and a woman are facing felony charges after police found what they called "startling and revolting" conditions at a historic cemetery in the south Chicago suburb of Alsip.
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