Burr Oak Bodies

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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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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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 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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Burr Oak Cemetery Desecration Suspects Plead Not Guilty

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Four former cemetery workers pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges accusing them of digging up bodies at a historic suburban Chicag...

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Authorities Stop Collecting Evidence At Desecrated Burr OakAuthorities Stop Collecting Evidence At Desecrated Burr Oak

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALSIP, Ill. — Investigators stopped collecting evidence Friday at a historic black cemetery in suburban Chicago where workers allegedly dug up c...

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Skeleton In Suit And Tie Found Without Casket At Burr Oak

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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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 Cemetery Reconsecrated By Religious Leaders

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALSIP, Ill. (AP) -- Protestant, Catholic and Jewish leaders have gathered in prayer to reconsecrate the grounds at a suburban Chicago cemetery where f...

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Burr Oak Update: Cook County To Sue Cemetery Owners, Over 200 Bones Found

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO (AP) -- The Cook County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to sue the owners of a historic black cemetery in suburban Chicago to recover the...

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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 Official: Sheriff Exaggerated Crime, Bones Didn't Litter Cemetery

ABC 7 | Ben Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

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A war of words began Saturday as those who run Burr Oak Cemetery fired back at Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart. Cemetery authorities say the sheriff has...

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Identifying The Thousands Of 'Jumbled Bones' At Burr Oak Cemetery Nearly Impossible: Experts

AP | RUPA SHENOY | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Human remains strewn amid overgrown weeds have deteriorated into jumbled bones. Paper records in a rusted metal cabinet have dissolved...

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Nearly 100 Bodies Dug Up, Burial Plots Resold At Burr Oak Cemetery: Police

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALSIP, 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...

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