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Famous Black Cemetary in Chicago - Desecrated!
The following link is in regards to a statement made today about Burr Oaks Cemetary in Chicago, Ill - famous resting place to several famous african-americans, including Emmett Louis Till. Apparently, for four years now, the cemetary workers have been digging up graves, cutting up the bodies, and dumping the parts into a massive open grave in the deepest backends of the cemetary land. How could anyone desecrate a grave that way?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31832393/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/?GT1=43001
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31832393/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/?GT1=43001
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Comment by Cindy Johnston Sorley on July 9, 2009 at 8:28pm
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I was so saddened when I read the article in USA today online. I have to give credit to the guilty worker who came forward or this could have gone on for years. I understand the cemetery had been in ruins for years even after the owners bought it in 2001 or 2002. So sad.. what people won't do for money.
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Comment by Angela Walton-Raji on July 9, 2009 at 5:57pm
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That is a terribly heart-breaking story to hear about. Sadly such things have occurred in other cemeteries where there were no vaults used. I have never heard of the terrible things such as dismemberment of bodies as was done in the Chicago cemetery and that story is a particularly painful one to read about. It is also a reminder to think about the preservation of other burial sites where our loved ones rest.
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Comment by Wini Caudell on July 9, 2009 at 5:37pm
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How can people do such a horrible thing? These graves should be taken care of not destroyed!!!
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