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Burr Oak Tragedy's Mastermind Sentenced To 12 Years

Posted 09.07.2011

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Fifty-one-year-old Carolyn Towns, of Blue Island, pleaded guilty and was convicted of a bevy of charges related to her oversight of an under-the-table...

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More Dumped Bodies Found At Burr Oak Cemetery

The Huffington Post | Jen Sabella | Posted 05.25.2011

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In 2009, a massive grave desecration scandal was uncovered at Burr Oak Cemetery in suburban Alsip. Graves were dug up, double-stacked and destroyed. T...

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Cook County Sheriff Calls Mass Baby Burials 'Disturbing'

The Huffington Post | Jen Sabella | Posted 05.25.2011

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While it certainly doesn't sound legal to have 26 babies buried together in a wooden box along with unidentified limbs and bones, the practice is actu...

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Burr Oak Cemetery: A Year After Scandal, Little Has Changed

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Though the entry gates and some signs have been replaced, not much has changed in the historic black cemetery in the year since Cook County Sheriff To...

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Sheriff Wants To Stop New Burials At Burr Oak

Southtown Star | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is trying to prevent new burials from taking place in a 10-acre parcel of Burr Oak cemetery where human remains were dug ...

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Burr Oak Lawsuit: Nellie Riley Claims Cemetery 'Desecrated' Bodies

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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Burr Oak Cemetery was sued today by a woman who says her relatives' remains were knowingly desecrated in order to resell their burial plots. ...

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Burr Oak Cemetery, Site Of Grave Desecration Scandal, Up For Auction Today

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scandal-plagued Burr Oak Cemetery today will move one step closer toward a new owner. A public auction is scheduled to be held this afternoon at the ...

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Burr Oak Memo Reveals Internal Conflicts About Cemetery Desecration

Posted 05.25.2011

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Burr Oak Cemetery executives knew about the elaborate grave reselling scheme there as early as 2003, and discussed the issue with the comptroller's of...

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Pat Quinn Attacks Dan Hynes For Burr Oak Cemetery Handling

Posted 05.25.2011

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In response to a recent attack ad by rival Dan Hynes, the campaign of Governor Pat Quinn has released a 30-second spot hitting Hynes for his handling ...

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Old Caskets Found In New Plots At Burr Oak Cemetery

Chicago Sun-Times | LISA DONOVAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Since the embattled Burr Oak Cemetery quietly resumed burials this fall, grave diggers in three separate cases have broken ground on what they thought...

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Burr Oak Cemetery: Thousands Of Bodies Over Capacity

Posted 05.25.2011

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If the prospect of graves being dug up, double-stacked and destroyed was not unsettling enough, the Associated Press reported Tuesday that the Burr Oa...

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Burr Oak Cemetery Reopening, Tickets Required To Visit Graves

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALSIP, Ill. — A Chicago-area cemetery that was shut down after four former workers were accused of digging up graves in a scheme to resell buria...

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Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal: More Bodies Found

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Officials at a historic black cemetery in suburban Chicago where former workers allegedly dug up graves in a scheme to resell burial p...

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Original Burr Oak Owners Regain Control Of Cemetery After Bankruptcy

ABC 7 | Posted 05.25.2011

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A day after the task force put together by Governor Pat Quinn to investigate what happened at Burr Oak Cemetery released recommendations for more stat...

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More Burial Vaults Found Dumped In Woods At Burr Oak Cemetery

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALSIP, Ill. — Skeletal remains of a man wearing a suit and tie were found sitting in a burial vault with no casket in sight at a historic black ...

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Burr Oak Gravedigger Talks About Blowing Whistle On Cemetery Scheme

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALSIP, Ill. — Willie Esper was just trying to get better at his job as a gravedigger when he unearthed a scandal. Loose bones kept turning up a...

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Burr Oak Cemetery Opening Online Records Database

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALSIP, Ill. (AP) -- Authorities plan to give the public access to a searchable online database of nearly 100,000 graves at the historic black cemetery...

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Burr Oak Cemetery: 4 Charged With Dismembering At Least 300 Bodies In Graveyard Scam

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALSIP, Ill. — (AP) Three gravediggers and a cemetery manager unearthed hundreds of corpses from a historic black cemetery south of Chicago, dump...

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