Chicago – and the world – is reeling over the shocking story that 300 bodies have been dumped into a massive pile at a family owned cemetery to make room for more business.
According to KTLA.com, two hundred to 300 bodies were dug up and dumped into an isolated, weedy area of the cemetery, Assistant State’s Atty. John Mahoney said at a bond hearing for four cemetery employees charged in the scheme.
Former cemetery manager Carolyn Towns, 49, foreman Keith Nicks, 45, and dump-truck operator Terrence Nicks, 39, all of Chicago, and back-hoe operator Maurice Dailey, 59, of Robbins, were each charged with one count of dismembering a human body, a Class X felony.
Bail for Towns, who was described as the scheme’s mastermind, was set at $250,000, and for the other defendants at $200,000 by Cook County Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil.
Uh Uh uh.
Detectives discovered a pile of bones decomposed, above ground and uncovered in an overgrown, fenced-off portion of the cemetery, according to Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart.
In addition, bodies apparently were double-buried in already existing plots, Dart told WGN-AM 720 this morning. Dozens of FBI agents are expected in Chicago early next week to help sift through the evidence at the cemetery, Dart said.
The charges against Towns allege that “numerous graves were excavated and the human remains were then buried in a rear vacant lot in Burr Oak cemetery, Alsip … She then sold the vacant gravesites for her own personal financial gain.”
Authorities said she earlier had been fired by the cemetery’s owners because of theft allegations.
One of the first predominantly African-American cemeteries in the area, Burr Oak is the resting place of many historic figures, including civil rights symbol Emmett Till, blues legend Dinah Washington and heavyweight boxing champion Ezzard Charles.
I guess we all know now why Chiacgo is so rough these days. It’s haunted with the restless spirit of the dead. So sad!
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