Man Charged After Over 100 Human Skeletal Remains Found in Pennsylvania Home

Global News ^ | January 9, 2026 | Katie Scott

[nickcarraway]

A Pennsylvania man has been arrested and is facing more than 500 charges after he was accused of stealing human skulls and “numerous” skeletal remains from an abandoned cemetery on Philadelphia’s outskirts, according to police. Bones and skulls visible in the back seat of a car near the cemetery led police to the home and storage unit of Jonathan Gerlach, 34, after police had been looking into a string of burglaries.

Investigators checked Gerlach’s licence plates and found that he had been near the cemetery repeatedly during the period when the burglaries occurred. Officers say the Jan. 6 arrest culminated a months-long investigation into break-ins at Mount Moriah Cemetery, where at least 26 mausoleums and vaults had been forced open since early November.

After searching Gerlach’s home and storage unit, investigators reported finding more than 100 human skulls, long bones, mummified hands and feet, two decomposing torsos and other skeletal items.

[Migraine]

There needs to be a new entry in the dictionary. This guy’s face along with the word macabre.

[Migraine]

There needs to be a new entry in the dictionary. This guy’s face along with the word macabre.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Practicing Archaeology without a license?

[Steely Tom]

“You in a heap o’ trouble, bow-ahh.”

[Governor Dinwiddie]

I'm sure there are more of these ghouls out there. Not only is our society
depraved, it is depraved beyond our minds' ability to imagine how much.

[Mark]

Was he planning for a SUPER Halloween this year?

[DannyTN]

I hate when your home is not big enough for your hobbies.

[stevio]

Sometimes you can tell a book by its cover.

[31R1O]

Slow Down You Grave Robbing Bastard!

https://youtu.be/7U45OPR3e4E?si=IKYLPnS61kVgWvkS

[No name given]

Evil.

[Vaquero]

He was just an excitable boy

[frank ballenger]

Stephen King will have to pay top bid for the guy’s rambling story.

[frank ballenger]

Other story here today was about a monster who tortured animals and showed it on the internet.

Maybe they can have a cell together. With the Epstein security system in place.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Bones and skulls visible in the back seat of a car

Hey, the law says that you need more than three passengers in the car to use the HOV lane. The law doesn't say they have to be alive.

[GingisK]

Democratic vote cache.

[Colt1851Navy]

Has Nancy Pelosi ever lived at this address?

[GingisK]

She’d be the one to eat little children.

[Scrambler Bob]

OK OK it does say Human skeletal remains.

I may have many, many non-human skeletal remains lying around.

[nickcarraway]

I think there is a significant distinction between those two.