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Bone consistent with one in casket

Written by DeadGirl
Saturday, 11 March 2006
Chris Durant The Times-Standard 3/10/06 EUREKA -- A forensic anthropologist determined a bone found in Cooper Gulch while investigators were looking into the vandalizing of the crypt of Hans Buhne in January is older and probably came from a crypt or casket. Deputy Humboldt County Coroner Roy Horton said the mystery deepens because the authorities believe the femur found does not belong to Kenneth Newett Jr., whose skull was discovered on a Cooper Gulch softball field. Ã¢â‚¬ÂWe don't think it came out of the Buhne crypt,Ã¢â‚¬Â Horton said. Horton said the bone did not have characteristics that it had been exposed to the elements that long. Ã¢â‚¬ÂIt was consistent with something found in a casket or crypt,Ã¢â‚¬Â he said. Preliminary investigation indicates the femur belonged to a woman, about 5 feet 7 inches to 6 feet tall. Horton is awaiting information on whether the femur is from about the same era Newett's skull was from, 1914. He said the bone was dark and consistent with bones found at burial sites. Marsha Leann Markussen, 18, and Daniel Edward Malin, 21, have been charged by the Humboldt County District Attorney's Office with unlawfully disinterring human remains and vandalism to a cemetery in relation to Newett's skull. Arrest warrants are being sought. http://www.times-standard.com/local/ci_3588569

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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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Have you decided on eternal repose?

	earthen burial
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	cremation
	donation to science
	cyrogenically frozen
	you mean I'm still alive?

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“But cypresses and cedars, the zephyrs impregnate by pure fragrances, perennial green leaning over the urns for eternal memory, and precious vases to collect the votive tears.”

from 'Sepolcri' by Ugo Foscolo