A Chicago family was visiting Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip last week when they made a chilling discovery.
While looking for their loved one's gravesite, they stumbled upon a human jaw and teeth. The family then contacted the cemetery and law enforcement also stepped in to assist.Now, the Cook County Sheriff's Office is investigating and the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office is looking into the origin of the human remains.
RELATED: Ten years after Burr Oak scandal, complaints about cemetery persistGravesites were being resold to grieving families and gravediggers were stacking bodies in plots already occupied or had removed previous remains and buried new bodies in their place.It's believed the bone that was discovered is from that time period, when the FBI uncovered the crimes. The remains have not been identified as of yet and the investigation continues.
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