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.
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.
Stream of relatives go to Ill. cemetery looking for bodies; exhumation finds nothing abnormalJuly 12th, 2009 Relatives search for graves at Ill. cemeteryALSIP, Ill.
Stream of relatives go to Ill. cemetery looking for answers; exhumation finds nothing abnormalJuly 12th, 2009 Relatives go to Ill. cemetery looking for answersALSIP, 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.
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.
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.
Thousands of families of flood historic Ill. cemetery 4 accused of unearthing bodiesJuly 10th, 2009 Families flood Ill. cemetery with unearthed gravesALSIP, 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.
Investigation continues of unearthed bodies and resold cemetery plots in Ill.July 10th, 2009 Investigation continues at Ill. cemeteryALSIP, Ill.
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.
Ill. sheriff: Cemetery workers may have dug up bodies, put them in mass graves to resell plotsJuly 9th, 2009 Ill. sheriff: Graves dug up to resell plotsALSIP, Ill. — Workers at a historic Illinois cemetery may have dug up more than 100 bodies and dumped them in mass graves at the back of the 150-acre property in a scheme to resell plots to unsuspecting customers, authorities said Wednesday.