Cemetery Workers Dig Up Old Graves, Sell Them As New, Rather Than "Gently Used"

From our "Why Didn't I Think of That?" Department: Workers at a cemetery dug up bodies and resold burial plots in an attempt to make a little extra money . . . approximately $300,00 extra. Then, of course, they just dumped the "old" bodies in a back corner of the site. Didn't anyone think that SOMEONE might catch on to this little scam eventually?

Employees at a historic African-American cemetery near Chicago allegedly dug up more than 100 graves as part of an off-the-books scheme to resell burial plots to unsuspecting customers, authorities said Wednesday.
Dozens of graves at Burr Oak Cemetery were desecrated by workers as part of a financial scheme, authorities say.

Dozens of graves at Burr Oak Cemetery were desecrated by workers as part of a financial scheme, authorities say.  Cook County authorities began investigating the cemetery about six weeks ago after receiving a call from the owners of Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois, located about 20 miles south of Chicago. The owners had concerns about possible "illegalities going on" regarding finances at the business, said Sheriff Tom Dart. "What we found was beyond startling and revolting," Dart told reporters at the cemetery.

The workers at Burr Oak, where lynching victim Emmett Till, blues legend Dinah Washington and some Negro League baseball players are buried among others, allegedly resold the plots, disinterred the bodies, dumped the remains and pocketed the cash, Dart said.

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