ALSIP, Ill. — An attorney for the company that owns a suburban Chicago cemetery where bodies were allegedly dug up and the plots resold in a money-making scheme says Perpetua Inc. shares in the pain the incident has caused family members.
ALSIP, Ill. — An attorney for the company that owns a suburban Chicago cemetery where bodies were allegedly dug up and the plots resold in a money-making scheme says Perpetua Inc. shares in the pain the incident has caused family members. Trudi McCollum Foushee said Saturday that the company has worked to help families affected at Burr Oak Cemetery in south suburban Alsip. Foushee says she has worked at the cemetery and immediately notified authorities when part of a human skull was found on the property. Foushee says what happened at the cemetery wasn’t immediately obvious to the company. Four cemetery workers have been charged in the alleged four-year $300,000 scheme, which police say involves 300 graves. Perpetua’s president has called the scheme "despicable and deplorable." ______ In photo: Kelle Nolan, left, and Stephanie Jackson attend a memorial service for the people affected by the cemetery desecrations at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip Ill, Sunday, July 12, 2009. They both have relatives buried at the cemetery. Officials say they’ve received more than 7,000 written inquiries about loved ones buried at the suburban Chicago cemetery where four former workers allegedly dug up bodies so they could resell burial plots. (AP Photo/David Banks) Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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