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Cremated remains found in Gentry trash bin PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Monday, 07 August 2006

August 5, 2006

Arkansas--A box of cremated human remains was found in the trash at an E-Z Mart in Gentry on July 26. The box was turned over to the Gentry Police Department the next morning.

A night clerk noticed that a trash sack was heavy and checked the contents to discover a shoebox-size container of remains, complete with the name, date of death and the name of the crematory.

Officer Jeremy Ferguson of the Gentry Police Department located family members of the deceased by contacting the crematory in Santa Fe, Texas.

Though the name of the deceased was withheld, the date of death was in 1989. The cremated remains were last known to be in the custody of the widow of the deceased.

The Gentry Police Department turned over the remains to other family members on Monday. No criminal charges are pending.

http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/38073/

 
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Taphophilia?

taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries

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