Bodies unearthed at Alsip cemetery

Jul 9th, 2009 - ChicagoTribune

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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, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said.

Detectives discovered a pile of bones -- from more than 100 decomposed bodies -- above ground and uncovered in an overgrown, fenced-off portion of the cemetery, Dart said.

"What we found was beyond startling and revolting," the sheriff said.

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