Cogburn
07-08-2009, 02:32 AM
Ummm.... the kid was buried for two years... supposedly.
Someone kept the body around for 2 years and then dumped it in the river?
[offsite=http://www.connpost.com/ci_12768238?source=most_viewed:1erflnc4]Child's body stolen from Stamford grave found in N.J. river
STAMFORD -- Police said the body of a 2-year-old Stamford child was stolen from its grave in a South End cemetery and somehow turned up in a New Jersey river over the weekend.
Fishermen found the body of a child in a sealed plastic bag on the bank of the Passaic River on Sunday in Clifton, N.J., authorities said. Clifton police investigators and the state medical examiner identified the child and made a trip to Stamford on Monday. The child died in 2007 from a medical condition.
Police investigators from Stamford, Passaic County and Clifton exhumed the child's coffin at Woodland Cemetery that day and found it empty. Police are not identifying the child out of respect for the grief-stricken family, Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin said, describing the case as strange and disturbing.
The coffin was broken into, but the ground around the grave was not disturbed, Conklin said. That led investigators to believe the theft did not happen recently, he said.
Conklin would not say how New Jersey authorities identified the child. The body was in good condition, which made it easy for investigators to identify the child and then interview family members, who lived in Stamford when the child died, he said.
Authorities notified the family and asked for their consent before examining the coffin. The child's remains are in the custody of the New Jersey Office of the State Medical Examiner.
Police have no suspects and did not have a motive for why the child's body was stolen, Conklin said. The child's body was prepared by Downer Funeral Home on Stillwater Avenue and buried properly at Woodland Cemetery, he said.
The Passaic River lacks any connection to waterways that could have brought the body from Stamford, Conklin said. He said someone must have transported the body there.
"It is in remarkable condition for someone who died in 2007 and was plucked from a river recently," Conklin said.
Sgt. Paul Guzda, one of the Stamford investigators on the case, said it was one of the most disturbing ordeals in his 36-year career as a police officer.
"I've never been involved with anything like this," Guzda said. "Emotions flow like crazy when you're talking about a child under the best circumstances. It's heartbreaking."
At Woodland Cemetery on Tuesday, Daryl Spearman, 37, of Bridgeport, and Jennifer Luning, 32, of Stamford, heard the news about the graveyard theft and rushed to check that it was not their son, Jordan Michael, who died in 2007. It wasn't.
"I heard it on the news, and I had to get down here," Luning said. "I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight."
He visits Jordan's grave every chance he gets -- holidays and once to twice a week, Spearman said. Jordan died because he had a hole in his diaphragm.
"Who would do something like this?" he asked. "A heartless person would do something like this, especially to a grave."
Luning said her son died after only 3? 1/2 hours, and she wouldn't want to relive his loss.
"It was the worst time in my life," she said.[/offsite:1erflnc4]
What the fuck?
Cult activity in Stamford or a funeral parlor director that isn't sleeping well tonight?
Someone kept the body around for 2 years and then dumped it in the river?
[offsite=http://www.connpost.com/ci_12768238?source=most_viewed:1erflnc4]Child's body stolen from Stamford grave found in N.J. river
STAMFORD -- Police said the body of a 2-year-old Stamford child was stolen from its grave in a South End cemetery and somehow turned up in a New Jersey river over the weekend.
Fishermen found the body of a child in a sealed plastic bag on the bank of the Passaic River on Sunday in Clifton, N.J., authorities said. Clifton police investigators and the state medical examiner identified the child and made a trip to Stamford on Monday. The child died in 2007 from a medical condition.
Police investigators from Stamford, Passaic County and Clifton exhumed the child's coffin at Woodland Cemetery that day and found it empty. Police are not identifying the child out of respect for the grief-stricken family, Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin said, describing the case as strange and disturbing.
The coffin was broken into, but the ground around the grave was not disturbed, Conklin said. That led investigators to believe the theft did not happen recently, he said.
Conklin would not say how New Jersey authorities identified the child. The body was in good condition, which made it easy for investigators to identify the child and then interview family members, who lived in Stamford when the child died, he said.
Authorities notified the family and asked for their consent before examining the coffin. The child's remains are in the custody of the New Jersey Office of the State Medical Examiner.
Police have no suspects and did not have a motive for why the child's body was stolen, Conklin said. The child's body was prepared by Downer Funeral Home on Stillwater Avenue and buried properly at Woodland Cemetery, he said.
The Passaic River lacks any connection to waterways that could have brought the body from Stamford, Conklin said. He said someone must have transported the body there.
"It is in remarkable condition for someone who died in 2007 and was plucked from a river recently," Conklin said.
Sgt. Paul Guzda, one of the Stamford investigators on the case, said it was one of the most disturbing ordeals in his 36-year career as a police officer.
"I've never been involved with anything like this," Guzda said. "Emotions flow like crazy when you're talking about a child under the best circumstances. It's heartbreaking."
At Woodland Cemetery on Tuesday, Daryl Spearman, 37, of Bridgeport, and Jennifer Luning, 32, of Stamford, heard the news about the graveyard theft and rushed to check that it was not their son, Jordan Michael, who died in 2007. It wasn't.
"I heard it on the news, and I had to get down here," Luning said. "I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight."
He visits Jordan's grave every chance he gets -- holidays and once to twice a week, Spearman said. Jordan died because he had a hole in his diaphragm.
"Who would do something like this?" he asked. "A heartless person would do something like this, especially to a grave."
Luning said her son died after only 3? 1/2 hours, and she wouldn't want to relive his loss.
"It was the worst time in my life," she said.[/offsite:1erflnc4]
What the fuck?
Cult activity in Stamford or a funeral parlor director that isn't sleeping well tonight?