Article 6WM3N Sicilian gravedigger accused of removing corpses to resell burial sites

Sicilian gravedigger accused of removing corpses to resell burial sites

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Lorenzo Tondo
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Arrested man was allegedly aided by a forensic pathologist said to have falsely certified the decomposition of bodies

Police in Sicily have arrested a former gravedigger and are investigating 18 others accused of illegally removing bodies from tombs to make way for new corpses.

The former gravedigger's assistant was also arrested on Monday in the investigation dating from 2023 for alleged corruption and bribery in Trapani, on the west coast of the Italian island.

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