August 29
Waterbury, Conn. - A man accused of breaking into caskets and mausoleums to rob the dead of jewelry and gold teeth at a Waterbury cemetery has pleaded guilty to numerous charges.
Joseph J. Vecchiarelli, 26, pleaded guilty to interference with a cemetery or burial ground, possession and sale of narcotics and other charges.
State's Attorney said Vecchiarelli "molested the bodies looking for jewelry" and threw five bodies, including that of an infant, onto a mausoleum floor.
"He found a ring on one body and took that ring. He pulled bodies apart and looked through the skulls for gold teeth, and he put them in his pocket," the prosecutor said.
The cemetery's caretaker alerted the police that three mausoleums had been smashed open. A ring Vecchiarelli sold to a pawn shop was recovered, and police said two sets of gold dentures were found at an apartment where Vecchiarelli was staying.
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Full Version: Man caught plundering cemetery bodies
Thats just creepy and gross and nuts! 
QUOTE(swtp @ Aug 29 2007, 11:08 PM) 
Thats just creepy and gross and nuts! It's one thing to steal from them, but to totally desecrate the bodies?
I'd be too afraid that I would be haunted by disturbing the dead, I guess I am too superstitious, LOL
QUOTE(glorybebe @ Aug 29 2007, 11:12 PM)
It's one thing to steal from them, but to totally desecrate the bodies?
I'd be too afraid that I would be haunted by disturbing the dead, I guess I am too superstitious, LOL
I'd be too afraid that I would be haunted by disturbing the dead, I guess I am too superstitious, LOL
You can put me on that fear of being haunted list too!
How disrespectful 
Besides being totally gross, this guy had real issues...The part about the infant really disturbed me... 
QUOTE(owlscrying @ Aug 30 2007, 06:13 AM)
August 29
Waterbury, Conn. - A man accused of breaking into caskets and mausoleums to rob the dead of jewelry and gold teeth at a Waterbury cemetery has pleaded guilty to numerous charges.
Joseph J. Vecchiarelli, 26, pleaded guilty to interference with a cemetery or burial ground, possession and sale of narcotics and other charges.
State's Attorney said Vecchiarelli "molested the bodies looking for jewelry" and threw five bodies, including that of an infant, onto a mausoleum floor.
"He found a ring on one body and took that ring. He pulled bodies apart and looked through the skulls for gold teeth, and he put them in his pocket," the prosecutor said.
The cemetery's caretaker alerted the police that three mausoleums had been smashed open. A ring Vecchiarelli sold to a pawn shop was recovered, and police said two sets of gold dentures were found at an apartment where Vecchiarelli was staying.
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Waterbury, Conn. - A man accused of breaking into caskets and mausoleums to rob the dead of jewelry and gold teeth at a Waterbury cemetery has pleaded guilty to numerous charges.
Joseph J. Vecchiarelli, 26, pleaded guilty to interference with a cemetery or burial ground, possession and sale of narcotics and other charges.
State's Attorney said Vecchiarelli "molested the bodies looking for jewelry" and threw five bodies, including that of an infant, onto a mausoleum floor.
"He found a ring on one body and took that ring. He pulled bodies apart and looked through the skulls for gold teeth, and he put them in his pocket," the prosecutor said.
The cemetery's caretaker alerted the police that three mausoleums had been smashed open. A ring Vecchiarelli sold to a pawn shop was recovered, and police said two sets of gold dentures were found at an apartment where Vecchiarelli was staying.
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NAUGHTY.
Yucky and ewwwwwww!..................... So disrespectful. 
i bet he doesn't believe in ghost and evil stuff.
QUOTE(kenshinx @ Aug 30 2007, 08:39 PM)
i bet he doesn't believe in ghost and evil stuff.
Probabley not you know. If he had any sence of fear he would never have done it I say. Mind you greed can do strange things to people.
Which in turn makes them strange. lol
QUOTE(owlscrying @ Aug 30 2007, 01:13 AM)
Joseph J. Vecchiarelli, 26, pleaded guilty to interference with a cemetery or burial ground, possession and sale of narcotics and other charges.
That probably explains a bit.
The dead people didn't mind I'm sure.
They're dead.
Remember the old saying, "you can't take it with you"?
I don't know why people bury their relatives with valuables anyway. Makes no sense. Might as well throw it in the trash.
They're dead.
Remember the old saying, "you can't take it with you"?
I don't know why people bury their relatives with valuables anyway. Makes no sense. Might as well throw it in the trash.
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