Two males have been charged after they allegedly tried to dig up a grave at a cemetery in Missouri, the St. Louis County Prosecutors Workplace confirmed this week.
Jimmie V. Allen and Zebulun Nash, each 73, had been caught in August shoveling dust out of a gravesite at Washinton Park Cemetery in Berkeley, Missouri, KSDK-TV reported.
Nash reportedly instructed officers he was planning to relocate his grandmother’s physique and Allen was serving to him.
Missouri regulation requires a state order to exhume a physique and the lads had been each charged Wednesday with trying to destroy or deface cemetery property, in accordance with KSDK.
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The boys had been charged with trying to destroy or deface cemetery property. (iStock)
Witness Kiesha Wayne instructed the station that one of many males “stated that they paid anyone to dig up the physique, however they acquired ripped off, so that they took it upon themselves to dig up the physique. I do really feel sorry for the person whose beloved one is or was buried there.”
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Berkeley Police Chief Artwork Jackson stated he’s by no means heard of something like this in his profession.
“I used to be amazed,” he instructed the station, “Twenty-nine years of doing this work, we’ve by no means had any points or incidents like that.”
Fox Information Digital has reached out to the St. Louis County Prosecuting Legal professional for remark.
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Each males are anticipated to return to courtroom subsequent month.
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