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March 5, 2026
How They Found the Chicago "Topalovics": They Exhumed the Deceased to Sell Gravesites, THIS Betrayed Them
Four cemetery workers near Chicago dug up more than 100 bodies and moved the remains to another location within the cemetery to resell burial plots. Almost two decades after the scandal broke at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois, scientists have revealed details of how a tiny clump of moss became key forensic evidence that helped convict grave robbers, RTS reports.
TL;DR
- Four cemetery workers near Chicago were involved in a grave-robbing scheme.
- They dug up over 100 bodies and moved remains to resell burial plots at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois.
- A tiny clump of moss was identified as key forensic evidence that aided in the conviction of the grave robbers.
- Details of the case and the forensic evidence were published by scientists nearly two decades after the scandal emerged.
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