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Exposed Bones Discovered in Cemetery PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Tuesday, 26 April 2005
A gruesome discovery made at an Acadiana cemetery is prompting city officials to take action. An Opelousas resident says she was walking through the cemetery one afternoon just a few days ago when she came across an exposed human skeleton.

Our cameras scoured the Myrtle Grove Cemetery, which is owned by the city of Opelousas. We found two open tombs containing human remains easily visible to a passerby. Mayor Anna Simmons says she is aware of the situation.

Mayor Anna Simmons:They reported it on Thursday of last week. We told the Public Works Department, that's who takes care of the cemetery. We told them to fix it as fast as possible...

Public Works director Ron Turner says his office will temporarily close the tombs, but when it comes to a permanent fix, there may be a problem.

While the city owns the cemetery, all of the tombs are privately owned. Turner says he needs to ask an attorney if city money can be used to repair private property.

Finding the families of the deceased could be difficult. While we do know both died some 100 years ago, names are not visible.

Turner says while there is no real security at the cemetery, he believes the damage is the result of old age and not vandalism.

Right now, a small three-foot fence protects the entire cemetery. Mayor Simmons says a new gated community fence is scheduled to be installed around the gravesites in the near future as part of the Atchafalaya Basin Project.

Strangely enough, this is not the first time human remains have been disturbed in Acadiana cemeteries.In January, three teens were arrested for stealing human bones from a graveyard in New Iberia. The trio insists they didn't damage the gravesite, but they did admit to removing bones through an existing hole in the above-ground tomb.

All three have since been charged with simple burglary. Trials are scheduled throughout the year.

Source:KLFY 10
 
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