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Graveyard Theft

Written by DeadGirl
Saturday, 26 August 2006
By Jessica Morris August 25,2006 A Rhea County, Tennessee family sends out a desperate plea to whoever is stealing from their loved one's grave. William Boles mourned two years ago when his son, Justin Boles, passed away. Now, he is grieving again. The thought of anyone stealing from any gravesite, especially his sons', brings William Boles close to tears. Doctors diagnosed Justin with cancer in February 2004. Just 3 months later, at the age of ten, he died. “I can't hardly go to bed 'cause i cry at night because he passed away of cancer,” said Alex Boles, Justin's 5-year-old brother. The Boles dressed up Justin's grave site with his favorite toys, lit with hanging lights. “It was real pretty to come up here at night time and see the graveyard lit up with these lights. It makes the pictures on these grave sites glow,” said William. But Thursday night when the Boles came to visit in Rhea Memory Gardens, the lights were gone. “You have to be a scum. You have to be a low life to steal from anybody's grave,” said William. And William said it's not the first time. Lights from the grave stone disappeared two years ago when he first buried his son. “If you have stole the lights bring them back. How can you sleep at night time?” he asked. “If you don't caught now, you'll get caught sooner. Stealing don't get no where... You better be watching behind your back because you never know when I'm going to be up in these woods video taping you because I will get you.” Vanderwall Funeral Home is responsible for the cemetery. Workers there said from time to time items are taken from grave stones. They said Rhea County Deputies, Dayton Police, and their own staff do their best to routinely patrol the area. http://www.newschannel9.com/engine.pl?station=wtvc&id=6180&template=breakout_story1.shtml&dateformat=%25M+%25e,%25Y

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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