According to the St. Louis County Prosecutors Office, two individuals have been charged after an incident involving an attempted grave excavation at a cemetery in Missouri, per Fox News.
Jimmie V. Allen and Zebulun Nash, both 73 years old, were apprehended in August while digging dirt out of a gravesite at Washinton Park Cemetery in Berkeley, Missouri. As per KSDK-TV, Nash confessed to authorities that he intended to relocate his grandmother’s remains, with Allen assisting him.
However, Missouri law mandates a state order for exhumation, leading to both men being charged on Wednesday for attempting to damage or deface cemetery property, as reported by KSDK. Witness Kiesha Wayne told the local outlet that one of the men
“said that they paid somebody to dig up the body, but they got ripped off, so they took it upon themselves to dig up the body.“
Apparently, the deceased relative was supposed to be moved to another cemetery, reports reveal.
Berkeley Police Chief, Art Jackson, told the station that he was
“amazed”
and in his
“twenty-nine years of doing this work, we’ve never had any issues or incidents like that,”
he added.
Both men are scheduled to appear in court next month.
#Clique, what are your thoughts?
