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.
AP Exclusive: Worker who exposed Ill. cemetery scandal says he spoke out over job threatsJuly 21st, 2009 Ill. cemetery worker says threat led him to informALSIP, Ill. — A gravedigger who helped expose an alleged scheme to dig up graves and resell plots at a suburban Chicago cemetery says he only spoke up after a co-worker warned him to keep his mouth shut or risk losing his job.
Owner of Ill. cemetery says he had nothing to do with dumping bodies, moneymaking schemeJuly 15th, 2009 Ill. cemetery owner denies involvement in schemeALSIP, Ill. — The owner of a suburban Chicago cemetery that's been closed by authorities amid allegations that workers dug up bodies and resold plots says he had nothing to do with the alleged wrongdoing.
Records at troubled Chicago cemetery falling apart; sheriff asking court for someone to run itJuly 15th, 2009 Records at troubled Chicago cemetery falling apartBRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — Records at the suburban Chicago cemetery where four people are accused of unearthing bodies in an alleged moneymaking scheme have been found disintegrating and rotting in a rusty file cabinet, authorities said Tuesday.
Authorities to begin identifying bodies in about 100,000 graves in Ill. cemetery investigationJuly 13th, 2009 ID process begins in Ill. cemetery investigationALSIP, Ill.
Rev. Jackson calls for expanded investigation into company that runs Ill. cemeteryJuly 13th, 2009 Jackson: Cemetery investigation should expandALSIP, Ill. — The Rev.
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.
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.
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.
Investigation continues of unearthed bodies and resold plots at Ill. cemeteryJuly 10th, 2009 Authorities keep investigating Ill. cemeteryALSIP, Ill.
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.