US EditionPennsylvania Man Arrested for Stealing Over 100 Human Remains from Historic Cemetery
Jonathan Gerlach faces 574 charges including abuse of corpses and desecration for stealing over 100 human remains from mausoleums and vaults at Mount Moriah Cemetery.
- A Pennsylvania man, Jonathan Gerlach, faces 574 criminal charges for stealing over 100 human remains from cemeteries, as announced by Delaware County District Attorney Tanner Rouse.
- Delaware County District Attorney Tanner Rouse stated that Gerlach admitted to stealing human remains from 30 graves at Mount Moriah Cemetery.
- Investigators are determining the identities of the remains, some dating back centuries, and believe that Gerlach's collection includes remains of infants.
- Gerlach is currently held on a $1 million bail, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for January 20, as the investigation continues.
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The investigation revealed a gruesome collection of remains, and the suspect was caught transporting mummified child skeletons.
A man from Pennsylvania (USA) has been imprisoned after it was discovered that he had in possession more than 100 human remains stolen from tombs and mausoleums inside his...
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…
Court docs reveal accused grave robber's months-long plot to steal human remains
According to affidavits, Gerlach repeatedly targeted underground vaults in December, prying stone and marble slabs out of place to reveal burial chambers 10 to 12 feet below ground.
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