GUILTY IL - More than 100 bodies dug up at Burr Oak Cemetery, plots resold, 2009

[Boyz_Mum]

Would there be genealogists in the area with duplicate maps of the cemetery? It seems very strange that the sole copy of the maps and records lay with the local management. I would think that either the LDS church or local African-American churches would have duplicate records.

That's a good idea- I wonder if there are any historians in the churches there that have information/maps that would be of use?

I feel so badly for the families and the loved ones that were layed there to "rest in peace".

 

[SuziQ]

It was a line of people so sad and lost, they might have been refugees from a war, or a natural disaster.
More than 1,000 came to Eisenhower High School on Sunday seeking information about loved ones buried at Burr Oak Cemetery -- or so they thought.

More at link:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1663122,CST-NWS-burroak13.article

 

[SuziQ]

FBI sets up mobile command center at Burr Oak

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/07/carolyn-towns-49-the-former.html

 

[SuziQ]

A White House spokesman says the father of Michelle Obama is buried at the suburban Chicago cemetery where four workers are accused of digging up and dumping hundreds of bodies in a scheme to resell the burial plots.

More at link
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/14/ladys-father-buried-burr-oak-cemetery/

 

[Kristins1223]

They are now saying Michelle Obama's dad is NOT burried at Burr Oaks
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6914318

This article says Mya Lyons is buried there.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6915125

 

[Cubby]

A former backhoe operator at the historic Burr Oak Cemetery was sentenced to three years probation Friday for desecrating bodies and removing skeletal remains to sell more graves to unsuspecting families mourning their loved ones.
Maurice Dailey, 65, is the fourth and final defendant to be sentenced for his role in the infamous scandal uncovered six years ago in Alsip.

Dailey, unlike his three cohorts, was spared prison.
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In April, brothers Keith and Terrence Nicks were sent behind bars for their part in the Burr Oak crimes.
O&#8217;Brien sentenced 51-year-old former grounds foreman Keith Nicks to six years in prison. His 45-year-old sibling, who worked as dump-truck driver, was given a three-year sentence.

http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/...-get-*advertiser censored*-desecrating-bodies

 

[Cubby]

Also from the above link:

Ex-Burr Oak cemetery manager Carolyn Towns, 55, is serving a 12-year sentence for her role in the gruesome plot.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/subur...r-oak-cemetery-internment-20160517-story.html

The families of individuals whose buried remains were exhumed from their plots at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip as part of a widespread grave re-selling scheme will once again have a place to visit their deceased loved ones.

The Cook County Sheriff's Department, whose joint investigation with the FBI uncovered the illegal operation in 2009, held a reinterment ceremony Tuesday to return the human remains and grave items recovered during the investigation to the ground with dignity and respect.