4 former cemetery workers plead not guilty to charges that accuse them of digging up gravesSeptember 8th, 2009 4 cemetery desecration suspects plead not guiltyCHICAGO — Four former cemetery workers have pleaded not guilty to charges that accused them of digging up bodies at a historic suburban Chicago graveyard in order to resell the burial plots. Attorneys entered the pleas Tuesday.
Authorities finish gathering evidence at Ill. cemetery where workers allegedly resold gravesAugust 8th, 2009 Authorities stop getting evidence at Ill. cemeteryALSIP, Ill.
4 charged in suburban Chicago cemetery desecration indicted by grand juryAugust 6th, 2009 4 former Ill. cemetery workers indictedCHICAGO — Four workers accused of digging up corpses at a historic Chicago-area cemetery as part of a scheme to resell plots have been indicted on a host of felony charges, including desecration of human remains, conspiracy to dismember human bodies and theft, prosecutors said Thursday.
Skeleton in a suit and tie found sitting in an empty vault at historic Chicago area cemeteryAugust 1st, 2009 Skeleton wearing a suit found at Ill. cemeteryALSIP, Ill.
More discarded burial vaults found at Ill. cemetery where hundreds of bodies were dumpedJuly 31st, 2009 Discarded burial vaults found at Ill. cemeteryALSIP, Ill.
Authorities investigating second suburban Chicago cemetery after human bone foundJuly 26th, 2009 Officials investigate second Chicago-area cemeteryGLENWOOD, Ill. — Authorities are investigating a second suburban Chicago cemetery after a human bone was found lying on the ground.
Rev. Jackson calls for expanded investigation into company that runs Ill. cemeteryJuly 13th, 2009 Jackson: Cemetery investigation should expandALSIP, Ill. — The Rev.
Authorities to begin identifying bodies in about 100,000 graves in Ill. cemetery investigationJuly 13th, 2009 ID process begins in Ill. cemetery investigationALSIP, Ill.
Thousands go to Ill. cemetery looking for relatives' bodies; exhumation finds nothing abnormalJuly 11th, 2009 Thousands seek relatives' graves at Ill. cemeteryALSIP, Ill.
Sheriff's spokeswoman: Ill. cemetery confirmed 2 bodies will be found in grave being exhumedJuly 11th, 2009 Ill. cemetery says 2 bodies will be found in graveALSIP, Ill. — The attorney for the owner of a suburban Chicago cemetery has told authorities they will find two bodies in a grave being exhumed this weekend.
Sheriff: 1 body found in exhumed grave in Illinois after cemetery's lawyer said there were 2July 11th, 2009 Sheriff: 1 body found in exhumed grave in IllinoisALSIP, Ill. — Only one body — and nothing abnormal — has been found in an exhumed grave at a suburban Chicago cemetery where officials had been told to expect two bodies.
1 body, nothing abnormal, found in exhumed grave in Illinois despite report of stacked bodiesJuly 11th, 2009 Exhumation at Ill. cemetery finds 1 body in graveALSIP, Ill.
Authorities: 4 former workers at historic Ill. cemetery made $300K in gravedigging schemeJuly 10th, 2009 Cemetery workers made $300K in gravedigging schemeALSIP, Ill. — Four former employees accused of digging up bodies and reselling plots at a historic black cemetery near Chicago made about $300,000 in a scheme believed to have stretched back at least four years, authorities said Friday.
Sheriff: About 300 graves tampered with at historic black cemetary near Chicago; 4 chargedJuly 9th, 2009 About 300 graves tampered with near ChicagoALSIP, 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 cemeteryJuly 9th, 2009 4 accused of digging up bodies at Ill. cemeteryALSIP, Ill.