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Military Casket Found In Ariz. Desert; Body Missing
AP ^ | June 26,2006 | AP

Posted on 06/26/2006 9:10:29 PM PDT by KTM rider

TUCSON, Ariz. -- An empty casket with a military seal was discovered in a desert area south of Tucson, and sheriff's deputies were looking for the body.

"Obviously it had the smell, and there was other evidence that it had been inhabited recently," Deputy Dawn Barkman said Sunday.

Forensic investigators took DNA samples, and a nationwide alert was issued in hopes of finding out who was the recently-used casket, Barkman said.

Deputies were called to a desert area near Interstate 10 around 5:30 p.m. Saturday after two people playing paintball found the casket, Barkman said. The casket was metallic silver with a U.S. Army insignia on it, she said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News
KEYWORDS: missing
??? how could this happen ? Could it be the result of a smuggling operation ?
1 posted on 06/26/2006 9:10:32 PM PDT by KTM rider
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To: KTM rider
Empty casket mystery solved
2 posted on 06/26/2006 9:12:45 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: Shermy

Whew,,,,what a relief..thought another Dem voter got loose again.


3 posted on 06/26/2006 9:24:41 PM PDT by tflabo (Take authority that's ours)
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To: Shermy

Strange. :-/


4 posted on 06/26/2006 9:24:42 PM PDT by Humal
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"Obviously it had the smell, and there was other evidence that it had been inhabited recently," Deputy Dawn Barkman said Sunday.

Caskets are... "inhabited"??


5 posted on 06/26/2006 9:25:55 PM PDT by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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> Caskets are... "inhabited"??

No... they are haunted.


6 posted on 06/26/2006 9:53:57 PM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (I am the Chieftain of my Clan. I bow to nobody. Get out of my way.)
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holy crap! strange...


7 posted on 06/26/2006 9:56:46 PM PDT by meanie monster
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They have "wildcat dumps" in AZ? That was in the story about the casket's origins.

Ummm, people in AZ shoot enough wildcats that they have to have a special dumping place for the wildcat remains? Why haven't I ever heard about this? Have the wildcats killed a lot of people or attacked any babies? How scary!


8 posted on 06/26/2006 10:06:34 PM PDT by Rte66
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Wildcats?


9 posted on 06/26/2006 10:15:55 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
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Did you get that one at the dump?


10 posted on 06/26/2006 10:27:37 PM PDT by Rte66
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"??? how could this happen ?

The sun came up as the vampire was trying to make his escape across the desert.

11 posted on 06/26/2006 10:34:31 PM PDT by DannyTN
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I've heard of some scroungy people.

But who takes home a casket smelling of death when you find it at the dump?

What were they going to do with it? Mount a trolling motor and go fishing? Use it as a coffee table?

12 posted on 06/26/2006 11:31:57 PM PDT by Dinsdale
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When the going gets weird, the weird get going.


13 posted on 06/27/2006 12:01:07 AM PDT by NaughtiusMaximus (Whats the matter with these Liberals? Didn't they learn anything in reeducation camp?)
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SOunds like the work of Bubba's Funeral Parlor doesn't it?


14 posted on 06/27/2006 12:10:27 AM PDT by SeaWolf (Orwell must have foreseen the 21st Century Democratic Party when he wrote 1984)
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Abandoned Arizona casket mystery solved

TUCSON, Arizona (AP) -- An empty casket with a military seal discovered in the desert was discarded by a mortuary after the deceased's family requested that the body be exhumed and cremated, authorities said...

15 posted on 06/27/2006 7:40:24 AM PDT by Coop (No, there are no @!%$&#*! polls on Irey vs. Murtha!)
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