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Competency Exam Ordered In Detroit Body Theft

A man accused of stealing his 93-year-old father’s body from a Detroit cemetery before it was buried has resisted a request for a mental-health exam, telling the judge “I knew what I was doing.”

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/01/24

Gethsemane Cemetery (WWJ Photo/Mike Campbell)

Man Charged In Theft Of Dad’s Corpse From Cemetery

The Wayne County prosecutor’s office says 48-year-old Vincent Bright of Detroit is charged with one count of disinterment of a body

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/01/18

Body, Casket Stolen From Cemetery Found In Detroit

The body of an elderly man stolen from a Detroit cemetery has been found in the basement of his son’s home on the city’s east side.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/01/15

$80,000 Settlement Reached Over Dropped Casket

An $80,000 settlement has been reached with a West Michigan funeral home following a claim that a woman’s casket was dropped, sending her body tumbling onto the ground.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/08/18

Body Of Michigan Soldier Brought Home

More than 100 people, many of them weeping or saluting, watched as a color guard delivered a flag-draped casket containing the remains of a Michigan soldier killed in Afghanistan to his hometown of Saginaw.

2010/09/26

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