Aussie Police Hunt Grave Robbers After Human Remains Stolen from Melbourne Cemetery

Aussie Police Hunt Grave Robbers After Human Remains Stolen from Melbourne Cemetery
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Australian police are calling for witnesses to come forward after human remains were stolen from Footscray General Cemetery, in Melbourne, in two separate incidents that occurred within a week of each other.

Police were first called to the cemetery on Jan. 28 to find the plaque and plasterboards of a mausoleum removed, and partial human remains stolen. They found no other gravesites disturbed or damaged and estimated that the first incident occurred sometime between 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 27 and 6:15 a.m. on Jan. 28.

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