US EditionPennsylvania Man Arrested for Stealing Over 100 Human Remains from Historic Cemetery
Jonathan Gerlach faces 574 charges after stealing remains from 26 mausoleums at Mount Moriah Cemetery, the nation's largest abandoned burial ground with 150,000 graves.
- Jonathan Christian Gerlach, 34, was arrested for stealing over 100 human remains from Mount Moriah Cemetery, according to Delaware County authorities.
- He faces 574 counts including abuse of a corpse and burglary, highlighted by District Attorney Tanner Rouse as 'the most horrific case' he has seen in 30 years.
- Detectives arrested Gerlach on January 6 after observing him carrying bones from the cemetery, according to law enforcement reports.
- A search of Gerlach's home revealed over 100 human skulls and body parts.
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A gloomy case has shaken Pennsylvania (USA), following the arrest of a man who was found more than 100 human remains inside his home. According to the Attorney General’s Office, the 34-year-old Jonathan Gerlach had been stealing the remains in mausoleums and graves since last year. Agents came numerous times to the Mount Moriah Cemetery in Pennsylvania between November 7 and January 6 after receiving a complaint from the camposanto. On January 6…
EPHRATA, Pa. - Neighbors reacted in shock to what police described as a scene from a horror movie. Delaware County authorities announced that a Lancaster man faces nearly 500 charges for allegedly stealing hundreds of…
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Man Charged With Stealing Dozens of Skeletons From a Pennsylvania Cemetery, Authorities Say
A Pennsylvania man has been charged with stealing and desecrating dozens of skulls, bones and other remains from a historic cemetery, the authorities said. The local prosecutor described the case as “a horror movie come to life.” The man, Jonathan Gerlach, 34, of Ephrata, Pa., is facing a host of charges, including 100 counts of abuse of corpse and multiple counts of burglary, theft, trespassing and desecration. He is being held on $1 million ba…
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