I wrote a few days ago about the illegal actions of workers at Burr Oak Cemetery near Chicago. The workers apparently dug up graves, discarded the bodies, and then sold the burial plots, pocketing the cash. The discovery has outraged those who had loved ones buried there as well as the American public. WGN Television and the Chicago Tribune have now released a news video of this tragedy.
You can watch the video at http://www.chicagotribune.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=31d73379-0f2a-43a5-8553-2223b8f876d3&src=front or click on the image below.
Anyone who was involved in this should be shot, buried, dug up and shot again.
Posted by: Anthony Smith | July 20, 2009 at 02:43 PM
Bless all the famlies who are going through this, HOW can anyone do something like this?
The people responsible for this should be buried alive & left for dead.
Posted by: Cherrie | July 21, 2009 at 01:20 AM
Back in the 1950's the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania dug up the graves at Monument Cemetery to make room for an athletic field for Temple Univ.
The gravestones were used for rip rap at the base of the Betsy Ross bridge which crosses the Delaware River.
The bodies were reinterred in a "mass grave" at Lawnview Cemetery in Rockledge, PA. No grave markers were re-located.
One of my relatives was a Civil War Veteran and has no marker there.
Posted by: Harold | July 21, 2009 at 04:32 PM
I HAVE MANY RELATIVES BURIED AT BURR OAKS CEMETERY. MY MOTHER AND BROTHER HAVE HEADSTONES. I SEARCHED THE DATABASE BUT TO NO AVAIL. I REALLY HAVE A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS. MY HEART IS REALLY ACHING. MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON THOSE EMPLOYEES SOULS THAT ENGAGED IN SOMETING LIKE THIS. THAT WAS A SIN AND A SHAME.
Posted by: MIkki | August 04, 2009 at 11:49 PM