Posts Tagged ‘corpse abuse’
Arlington Cemetery’s Mishandling of Remains Prompts FBI Criminal Probe Jerry Markon and Christian Davenport, The Washington Post (June 29, 2011) The Justice Department is investigating the mishandling of remains at Arlington National Cemetery in a broad criminal inquiry that is also seeking evidence of possible contracting fraud and falsification of records, people familiar with the [...]
- By: John
- In: Cemeteries|Death + the Law|Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: Arlington Cemetery, corpse abuse, soldiers
Warner to Introduce Bill to Revoke Reserved Plots at Arlington Christian Davenport, The Washington Post (March 30, 2011) A quick update on Arlington National Cemetery and its ongoing problems. The lead didn’t necessarily get buried in this most recent article from the Washington Post but the entire Arlington debacle just got a lot more interesting. [...]
- By: John
- In: Cemeteries|Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: Arlington Cemetery, corpse abuse, soldiers
Arlington Cemetery Debacle Gets Worse and Worse
21, Mar 2011Arlington Cemetery Struggles with Old Reservations Christian Davenport, The Washington Post (March 21, 2011) Officials at Arlington National Cemetery — still unable to fully account for who is buried where at the nation’s premier military resting place — are struggling to determine who has reserved plots and whether some of those grave sites are already [...]
- By: John
- In: Cemeteries|Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: Arlington Cemetery, corpse abuse, soldiers
Arlington Cemetery Re-Buries the ‘Unknown’ Dead
12, Mar 2011For First Time in Decades, Arlington National Cemetery Must Bury Multiple ‘Unknowns’ Christian Davenport, The Washington Post (March 06, 2011) When the remains of a Vietnam War soldier buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery were identified in 1998 using DNA, Pentagon officials proudly said that the days of interring service [...]
- By: John
- In: Cemeteries|Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: Arlington Cemetery, corpse abuse, soldiers
Happy Homecoming for Widow Who Lived with Corpses Authorities found out and took the embalmed corpses away. She is having a mausoleum built on her property to get them back. Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press (January 04, 2011) A quick update on the July story about 91-year-old Jean Stevens in Pennsylvania. Stevens, many people will recall, [...]
- By: John
- In: Burial|Death + Crime|Death + the Law
- Tags: corpse abuse, living with the dead