Hundreds of bodies dug up in Chicago grave reselling scheme

Jul 10th, 2009 - The Seattle Times

Related content:

ALSIP, Ill. - Authorities Thursday sharply increased the estimate of the number of bodies disinterred at Burr Oak Cemetery in a suburb of Chicago in a scheme to illegally resell grave sites.

Two hundred to 300 bodies were dug up and dumped into an isolated, weedy area of the cemetery, where many prominent African-Americans are buried, including Emmett Till.

Read the whole story on The Seattle Times or try our Toolbar

blog comments powered by Disqus

'It's going to be getting worse'
Jul 11th, 2009 - ChicagoTribune
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...
Violated cemetery now a crime scene
Jul 11th, 2009 - UPI
ALSIP, Ill., July 11 (UPI) -- The entire Chicago-area cemetery where employees allegedly violated graves has been declared a crime scene, police said Saturday.The move...
Cemetery with missing grave sites declared crime scene
Jul 10th, 2009 - CNN
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...
Investigation continues of unearthed bodies and resold plots at Ill. cemetery
Jul 10th, 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.
Bodies unearthed at Alsip cemetery
Jul 9th, 2009 - ChicagoTribune
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...