The Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal has caused much grief to many.
In the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal there have been no answers for some families. Some have had a hard time getting through to the Cook County Sheriff. Headstones sometimes cannot be found at the the Sheriff’s website where one can look for relatives.. For those that cannot find answers the fact that the discarded bones will not be DNA tested and identified is not helpful. For these folks the grief continues because the cemetery remains closed.
At Burr Oak Cemetery near Chicago nearly 3oo graves were dug up. Bodies were dismembered and scattered around the cemetery. 4 have been arrested. It was all done for about $300,00 Us Dollars.
“On Father’s Day 2008, Jeffery went to the cemetery to put flowers on the grave and to spend some time with, as he said, “the best father ever.”
After more than two hours of searching, Jeffery couldn’t find the grave, he said. He left feeling empty and confused.
Back home in South Bend, he couldn’t get his father’s grave out of his mind.
Earlier this summer, Jeffery said, “I was listening to the radio on my way to work when I heard that (allegations that bodies had been dug up at Burr Oak). I was so upset that I had to pull over, and I just sat there for a minute.
“Then the thought crossed my mind: ‘Could they have removed my daddy?’ ”
He called Brian, who had read the news in The Tribune, and the brothers met to talk about it.
“Last week, the brothers were preparing to go to the cemetery when they heard from a relative the cemetery was still closed.
After making manycalls to Burr Oak, Jeffery finally was able to talk to someone at the sheriff’s office, who directed him to a Web site to determine whether their relatives were among those whose graves had been disturbed.
But the search there didn’t get him any more information, he said.
Brian said he is outraged because no one has been able to answer questions.”
This Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal has caused grief to many.
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