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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maryclaire Dale and Tassanee Vejpongsa

Descendants say the theft of body parts from Pennsylvania grave sites is not a victimless crime

CORRECTION Stolen Graveyard Bones - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Judy Prichard McCleary believes her ancestors have gone to the afterlife, and that only their bodies are buried at the family mausoleum in a sprawling Philadelphia-area cemetery.

Yet she remains rattled by the discovery that five of their nine crypts were disturbed — and the remains of a great-great-great aunt stolen — in a bizarre string of crimes involving the theft of more than 100 bodies from Pennsylvania cemeteries.

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