Connecticut police investigate theft of toddler’s body from Stamford cemetery

October 8th, 2009 Police: Karaoke singer attacked over performanceSTAMFORD, Conn. — Police say a woman singing karaoke in a Connecticut sports bar was attacked by six other women who didn't like her performance.

September 30th, 2009 Cops: Skater faces charges in right-of-way disputeSTAMFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut in-line skater faces assault and other charges after a confrontation over whether a 4-year-old on a tricycle had the right to be on a bike path.

September 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.

August 13th, 2009 Conn. hotel puts partial blame on 2006 rape victimSTAMFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut hotel where a woman was raped at gunpoint in front of her children says the victim was careless and negligent.

July 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.

July 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.

July 10th, 2009 Investigation continues at Ill. cemeteryALSIP, Ill.

July 8th, 2009 Conn. police say possible ritual in theft of bodySTAMFORD, Conn. — Authorities investigating the theft of a 2-year-old girl's body from a Connecticut cemetery said Wednesday that evidence at the crime scene points to a possible ritual.

July 7th, 2009 Body found in NJ river was stolen from Conn. graveSTAMFORD, Conn.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Delhi youth arrested in a theft case was killed in police custody, angry family members of the deceased alleged as they blocked vehicular movement in south Delhi and kept the body on the road demanding punishment to the accused cops. However, police denied the allegation saying the 26-year-old man jumped off a court's third floor in Chandigarh where he had allegedly stolen Rs.500,000 after breaking open a car.

June 18th, 2009 Dirt cheap: Cemetery sells 2 graves for price of 1INDIANAPOLIS — It's a buy-one, get-one-free sale — at a cemetery, of all places. Memorial Park Cemetery on Indianapolis' far east side is offering plots at the bargain-basement price in one section of its grounds.

June 14th, 2009 Utah senators call artifact theft raid overkillLAYTON, Utah — Utah's U.S. senators say they want Congress to investigate the actions of federal agents who arrested two dozen people in an investigation of the theft of ancient artifacts in the Four Corners region Sens.

May 14th, 2009 Man convicted in scheme to buy, sell body partsLOS ANGELES — A man has been convicted in a lucrative scheme to buy and sell human body parts donated to a University of California medical school. A jury found Ernest Nelson of Rancho Cucamonga guilty of conspiracy to commit grand theft, grand theft by embezzlement and tax evasion.

May 4th, 2009 Toddlers found in gas-soaked home were shotSTEVENS POINT, Wis. — A Wisconsin coroner says two toddlers found dead in their gasoline-soaked home last week were shot in the head and their mother was the victim of a complex homicide.

April 22nd, 2009 Prosecutor: UCLA body part scheme netted $1.5MLOS ANGELES — Prosecutors say a man made about $1.5 million from a conspiracy with a school official to resell human body parts donated to the University of California medical school. Deputy District Attorney Marisa Zarate said during opening statements Wednesday that 51-year-old Ernest Nelson devised the scheme with former UCLA cadaver program director Henry Reid in 1999.