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Baby's corpse, busted casket found on grounds of West Virginia cemetery

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SALT ROCK, W.V. (WOWK) - A baby’s body and a busted casket were found at the Baylous Cemetery in Salt Rock, West Virginia, Thursday evening, according to the Cabell County Sheriff’s Office. A person called 911 just after 7:15 p.m. on Thursday, saying they found the body and the casket while decorating graves at the cemetery. According to the sheriff’s office, the boy’s body was found on the ground and the casket was over a hillside. They said th…

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Broken casket and baby's corpse found in cemetery, no graves desecrated

A family who was visiting a cemetery found a horrifying sight: a broken casket that held a baby's body, and no signs of desecration on any of the graves.

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Baby’s corpse, busted casket found on grounds of West Virginia cemetery

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Baby's corpse, busted casket found on grounds of West Virginia cemetery

SALT ROCK, W.V. (WOWK) - A baby's corpse and a busted casket were found at a cemetery in Salt Rock, West Virginia, on Thursday evening, according to the Cabell County Sheriff's Office. They said the infant boy's body was found on the ground at the Baylous Cemetery around 7 p.m., and the casket was discovered over a hillside not far from where the child was discovered. Pearl Harbor, USS West Virginia sailor’s remains set to return home to N…

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Investigation underway after baby’s corpse, broken casket found in cemetery, sheriff says

An investigation is underway after deputies found an infant corpse and a broken casket in a West Virginia cemetery.

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Baby’s corpse, busted casket found on grounds of Cabell County cemetery

SALT ROCK, WV (WOWK) -- A baby's corpse and a busted casket were found at the Baylous Cemetery in Salt Rock Thursday evening, according to the Cabell County Sheriff's Office. The person who called 911 called them just after 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. They said they found the corpse and the casket while decorating graves at the cemetery. According to the sheriff's office, the boy's corpse was found on the ground and the casket was over a hillside. Th…

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Infant's body, damaged casket found in Cabell County cemetery

Cabell County Sheriff deputies were sent to Baylous Cemetery in the Salt Rock area of Cabell County, West Virginia, on Thursday, March 27, 2025, after receiving a complaint about an infant corpse and casket visible on the grounds of the cemetery.

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