Body Found In Freezer Following Casket-Jacking

[BetteDavisEyes]

January 15, 2013 at 10:00 am

Body recovered, two arrested after casket stolen from Detroit cemetery

By Tom Greenwood and Tony Briscoe
The Detroit News

Detroit — Police have recovered the body and casket of a missing a 93-year-old man who had been taken Monday from an east-side cemetery.

Detroit Police Sgt. Eren Stephens said the body of the man was found at a home located in the 4700 block of Eastlawn Street.

Earlier Tuesday, two male suspects, ages 38 and 48, were in custody after patrol officers found a white van along with a person of interest at 7:05 a.m. at a Citgo gas station near Dickerson Street and Harper Avenue.

Inside the van, the officers discovered the missing coffin but not the body of the deceased, Stephens said...

From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130115/METRO01/301150372#ixzz2I3bck100


Casket stolen from Detroit cemetery found, son taken into custody

Body not in casket but in home on Eastlawn Street

Published On: Jan 15 2013 08:06:55 AM EST Updated On: Jan 15 2013 09:41:04 AM EST

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[wfgodot]

Daily Mail picked this one up.

Man 'steals 93-year-old father's body from cemetery and tries to bring him back to life'

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Daily Mail picked this one up.

Man 'steals 93-year-old father's body from cemetery and tries to bring him back to life'

Ya can't make this stuff up.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Missing father's body discovered in home on Eastlawn Street

Body of 93-year-old Clarence Bright back at Swanson's Funeral Home

Published On: Jan 15 2013 05:25:43 PM EST Updated On: Jan 15 2013 10:11:51 PM EST

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...reet/-/1719418/18142290/-/m1itw1/-/index.html

 

[marycarney]

What in the wide, wide world of sports.........???

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Detroit man charged in stolen casket case

Son charged with disinterment of dad's dead body

Published On: Jan 18 2013 10:58:34 AM EST Updated On: Jan 18 2013 11:19:40 AM EST

DETROIT -
The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office said Friday that 48-year-old Vincent Bright, of Detroit, was charged with disinterment of a dead body, a crime that carries a 10 year maximum penalty...

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