Article: Historic Cemetery Reopens After Mass Burial Discovered

A historic cemetery is open again for relatives hoping their loved ones' remains were not dug up and dumped in a new mass grave.

State Cemetery Board investigators last week dug into a dirt pile at the back of Paradise Memorial Park and found skull fragments, bones and coffin parts, said Raymond Giunta, the agency's executive officer.

Authorities allege the cemetery operators exhumed bodies so they could resell grave plots. The cemetery apparently had been "double- selling" plots since 1986, Giunta said.

The cemetery, run by the state board, reopened Friday, three days after being closed to allow investigators to ...

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