CHICAGO, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- The investigation into the violation of graves at a historic black cemetery in the Chicago area was declared closed Friday.
ALSIP, Ill., July 31 (UPI) -- Cook County, Ill., sheriff's office says it is unlikely all of the nearly 1,000 bones recovered from a cemetery in Alsip, Ill., will be properly identified.
CHICAGO, July 21 (UPI) -- The Cook County Board voted Tuesday to sue Burr Oak Cemetery owners to recoup the costs of investigating allegations that bodies were dug up and plots resold.
CHICAGO, July 14 (UPI) -- A spokeswoman for first lady Michelle Obama Tuesday reversed herself and said Michelle Obama's father is not buried in Burr Oak Cemetery near Chicago.
CHICAGO, July 14 (UPI) -- Illinois wants to freeze millions in trust funds controlled by the owner of a cemetery where at least 300 bodies allegedly were discarded, sources said.
ALSIP, Ill., July 11 (UPI) -- The entire Chicago-area cemetery where employees allegedly violated graves has been declared a crime scene, police said Saturday.
CHICAGO, July 11 (UPI) -- Investigators have been unable to locate the section for infants' and other children's graves in Burr Oak Cemetery in suburban Chicago.
CHICAGO, July 9 (UPI) -- The manager of a historic black cemetery in Chicago and three gravediggers were charged Thursday with dismembering human bodies.
