Overview
- Authorities are examining six current and former employees of the city’s funeral and cemetery services in connection with missing valuables.
- Seven cases have been confirmed to date, and investigators believe the true number could be higher.
- Relatives reported the disappearance of bracelets, rings, earrings and necklaces, including one case involving a gold tooth from an accident victim.
- Reports indicate items went missing after bodies were taken to the city morgue, and in some instances valuables disappeared from the deceaseds’ homes.
- Police have searched the suspects’ apartments and seized phones and computers, and probes are underway for theft and receiving stolen goods.