Thu, Jul 9th, 2009
ALSIP, Illinois (CNN) -- Four people face felony charges after authorities discovered that hundreds of graves were dug up and allegedly resold at a historic African-American cemetery near Chicago, authorities said Thursday.
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said the four would resell the plots in Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, excavate the graves, dump the remains and pocket the cash.
"This was not done in a very, very delicate way, folks," he said Thursday.
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Dart asks for third party to run Burr Oak - Chicago Sun
Jul 9th, 2009 - Chicago Sun-Times
Saying he is essentially running Burr Oak Cemetery himself, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said today he's asked for an emergency order from a judge to place the disgraced cemetery in a third party receivership.
'It's going to be getting worse'
Jul 9th, 2009 - ChicagoTribune.com
Investigators said Saturday two key maps are missing at Burr Oak Cemetery: one for the second swath of the graveyard where human remains have been found and another for a section where infants were buried...
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Jul 9th, 2009 - TIME
(ALSIP, Ill.) — Some horrified relatives who searched Friday for loved ones' plots at the historic black cemetery at the center of a gravedigging scheme near Chicago instead found more bones on the grounds...
More bones found at Ill. cemetery at center of gravedigging scheme, grounds closed to public
Jul 9th, 2009 - ChicagoTribune.com
ALSIP, Ill. (AP) - Some horrified relatives who searched Friday for loved ones' plots at the historic black cemetery at the center of a gravedigging scheme near Chicago instead found more bones on the grounds...
Bodies unearthed at Alsip cemetery
Jul 9th, 2009 - ChicagoTribune.com
Five employees of the historic Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip were taken into custody Wednesday after authorities learned numerous bodies had been dug up and the grave sites were illegally resold...
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