Authorities to begin identifying bodies in about 100,000 graves in Ill. cemetery investigation

ALSIP, Ill. — Authorities are beginning the grueling process of trying to identify the people in about 100,000 graves at a suburban Chicago cemetery where four former workers allegedly dug up bodies to resell burial plots.

4 accused of digging up bodies to resell burial plots at historic black cemetery near Chicago

ALSIP, Ill. — Three gravediggers and a cemetery manager unearthed hundreds of corpses from a historic black cemetery south of Chicago, dumping some in a weeded area and double-stacking others in existing graves, in an elaborate scheme to resell the plots, authorities said Thursday. All four were charged with felonies.

Sheriff: About 300 graves tampered with at historic black cemetary near Chicago; 4 charged

ALSIP, Ill. — Four workers were charged Thursday in an elaborate scheme in which hundreds of corpses were dug up at a historic black cemetery near Chicago and strewn in a weeded area or reburied with other bodies so that plots could be resold, authorities said.

4 workers accused of digging up bodies, reselling plots at historic Chicago-area cemetery

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.

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