A pair of suspects are accused of stealing vases from cemeteries in two Illinois counties, then selling them to scrapyards now under investigation for liability.
Boy Scouts participated in a Memorial Day flag placement ceremony at the Los Angeles National Cemetery on Saturday to honor the nation’s military.
A young man in Otsego, Michigan, is working hard to ensure his local cemeteries are spotless.
Authorities in Killeen, Texas, are investigating a shooting that took the life of a woman and injured another person. Now, police are asking citizens with more information to contact them.
Numerous historic grave stones were vandalized at the Waxahachie, Texas, City Cemetery and community members are hoping to repair the damage.
A veteran in Pinellas County, Florida, has embarked on a special mission to visit cemeteries and give back to military members.
Morgues, funeral homes, and cemeteries in Cuba are failing in almost every respect to provide adequate service to families – from coffin shortages to lack of refrigeration for bodies – the Cuban independent outlet 14 y Medio reported on Sunday, due to skyrocketing numbers of deaths on the island.
Many cemetery headstones offer a glimpse into a person’s life, but not many have gotten as much attention as one found in Utah.
The multicultural city of Malmo, Sweden, has moved to deploy security guards to local cemeteries after growing reports of drug dealing and prostitution.
The father of Swedish terror attack victim Ebba Akrlund has alleged that police questioned him after defending her gravesite from a woman he claimed was stealing objects from the cemetery.
A cemetery worker on Long Island was killed Thursday when the sides of a grave collapsed on him as he was leveling the bottom.
A Vermont man spent Wednesday morning visiting the graves of more than 3,200 veterans buried at the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
Two men have admitted to desecrating and vandalising 63 graves in a French cemetery earlier this month, claiming the act was an offering to Satan to help their musical careers. The pair, aged 23 and 24, were arrested last week
Italian cemetery workers were caught on CCTV dismembering bodies of the recently deceased as part of a scam that offered a supposed cheap alternative to cremation.
A husband and wife in their 80s were fatally shot Friday morning while at the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, in Bear, Delaware.
A mother grieving the loss of her daughter and grandchild recently received an unexpected gift from a stranger in Decatur, Illinois.
Vandals went through a graveyard in southwest France before dawn on Wednesday smashing anything relating to Christian symbolism, including dozens of stone crosses, crucifixes, and images of angels and the Virgin Mary.
About 40 veteran flag holders were reportedly stolen from graves at a cemetery in La Porte, Indiana, this week.
The crosses on graves in an Italian cemetery in Pieve di Cento were covered with black cloth so as not to offend those who may come from another religion.
Authorities in Texas are investigating a woman’s death after her half-naked body was discovered between two tombstones in southeast Houston, police said.
A Colorado man who pleaded guilty to killing his estranged wife more than 20 years ago recently led authorities to her body, which was buried under the remains of a World War II veteran.
Three people have been arrested for vandalizing a Jewish couple’s headstone at a cemetery in Indiana.
Sweden has opened its first “atheist cemetery” devoid of all religious symbols to accommodate the nation’s massive nonbelieving population.
“People don’t have any morals anymore, apparently,” American Legion Post 83 financial officer James Hiles told the South Bend Tribune, neatly summarizing the case of over 300 bronze medallions stolen from the graves of military veterans in Patton Cemetery.
A Florida cemetery worker has been arrested and charged with stealing the credit card of a deceased U.S. sailor and World War II veteran and making unauthorized purchases, police say.
A bill in the Ohio state legislature that would require women who have abortions or miscarriages to designate whether they want their aborted babies buried or cremated is overwhelming a writer at left-wing Salon.
On Sunday afternoon, Pope Francis traveled to Rome’s largest cemetery to celebrate Mass and pray for the “faithful departed,” an ancient Christian custom associated principally with All Saints Day (Nov 1) and All Souls Day (Nov 2).
Early Thursday morning, 124 headstones at a historic Jewish cemetery in Philadephia were found knocked over.
