Posted on 12/07/2023 8:14:37 PM PST by dynachrome
A cemetery just outside Trinidad, Colorado is calling for a state investigation into improper burials after allegations that the Las Animas County Coroner buried multiple bodies on top of each other in a single grave.
Several bodies were discovered at the Starkville cemetery in Las Anima County. That's just south of Trinidad.
Earlier this year, a woman from Oklahoma found out her long-lost father was buried here in Trinidad and she wanted to exhume his body and take it back home. The only problem is they found another unknown body in the grave with him.
According to public records obtained by KRDO13 Investigates, the Las Animas County coroner has buried four bodies in the Starkville cemetery. But the owner of the cemetery, Carl Maestas, says the coroner never provided a required burial permit for any of them.
It wasn’t until a body was exhumed this past September that Maestas realized there were bodies in the cemetery that he didn’t know about.
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I didn’t know that coroners did the actual burying of bodies and it’s seems odd to me that the owner of the cemetery doesn’t know what’s happening on his property. ?
What the hell?
“What the hell?”
Could have been worse. Could have just done Air Burials in the national forests. Dump in the backwoods and run.
Good help is hard to find…
Oh, man. Now Hillary’s going to have to go back to using the public parks.
He’s burying unclaimed bodies. Why he’s doing it in that fashion is the weird part.
Bears and other forest critters gotta eat, too!
Regards,
Saves on space.
Cost less to dig one hole.
Reminds me of this old Bill Dana movie from 1967. Haven’t seen it since. Each time they open the grave they find another body in the casket.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Busy_Body_(film)
We stayed at Starkville quite a few years ago. Great view of the snow covered Spanish Peaks. Also a great Walmart that bent over backwards to make sure we were well served there. Wife could not understand why they were catering to us so well when I pointed out she was wearing a RAZORBACKS jacket.
Reminds me of the old H.P. Lovecraft story IN THE VAULT.
What is it with funeral homes in Colorado?
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