ALSIP, Illinois (CNN) -- A Cook County cemetery where hundreds of graves were dug up and allegedly resold has been declared a crime scene, meaning that relatives of people believed buried there will not be allowed to visit for several days, an official said Friday.

"It would be the height of irresponsibility for me to invite people in, to raise expectations and then crash them," Cook County Sheriff Thomas J.

Read the whole story on CNN or try our Toolbar
Bookmark and Share

Related stories from top sites:

  • Cemetery Workers Dug Up Children's Graves

    Jul 11th, 2009 - CBS News

    Most people thought the story of grave desecrations in Chicago couldn't get any worse. But today comes word that the four cemetery workers accused of reselling burial plots targeted the graves of infants and children.

  • Relatives search for graves at Illinois cemetery

    Jul 11th, 2009 - The Detroit News

    Alsip, Ill. -- A constant stream of relatives hoping to find their loved ones showed up Saturday as officials exhumed one grave in a cemetery where four former employees...

  • 'It's going to be getting worse'

    Jul 11th, 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...

  • Relatives go to Ill. cemetery looking for answers

    Jul 11th, 2009 - guardian.co.uk

    Associated Press Writer= ALSIP, Ill. (AP) รข?" A constant stream of relatives hoping to find their loved ones showed up Saturday as officials exhumed one grave in a cemetery...

  • More Bones Found, Illinois Cemetery Closed

    Jul 11th, 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 stories ...

Leave a Reply

Comment moderation is enabled. Your comment may take some time to appear.