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Jefferson County Sheriff's Office deputies said Wednesday that they're investigating a break-in at a Wheat Ridge cemetery in which body parts were taken from a casket in a private mausoleum.
Sheriff’s deputies launched an investigation early Wednesday morning after discovering someone broke into a private mausoleum and stole body parts at the Crown Hill Cemetery, the Jefferson ...
Investigators identified John Wayne Belknap, 46, from evidence left at the scene of a private mausoleum at Crown Hill Cemetery, where entombed body parts were stolen Oct. 11; he is being held in ...
as well as 90 private mausoleums from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. A mausoleum is an above-ground, free-standing building that holds the casketed or cremated remains of the deceased in ...
Somebody broke into the crypt in a private mausoleum at Crown Hill Cemetery in Jefferson County overnight, pried open a coffin and stole portions of the body contained inside it, authorities said ...
A “private” mausoleum is built for the members of a particular family, while interment in a “community” mausoleum is available to all." Forest Lawn explains in a press release. There are ...
Somebody broke into the crypt in a private mausoleum at Crown Hill Cemetery in Jefferson County overnight, pried open a coffin and stole portions of the body contained inside it, authorities said ...
Deputies found the front of the private mausoleum was severely damaged, as were the crypt and casket inside. The sheriff's office said it appeared someone had entered the cemetery overnight ...
Human remains interred about 100 years ago were stolen from a private family mausoleum at a cemetery in Colorado, and an investigation into the incident is underway, officials said. Deputies with ...
Denver police Tuesday arrested a man in connection to a case of body parts stolen out of a mausoleum in a Jefferson County cemetery. Investigators identified John Wayne Belknap, 46, from evidence left ...