Burr Oak Graves

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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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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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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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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