A spokesperson for Victoria Police said that the first theft took place at Melbourne’s Footscray cemetery overnight between the 27th and 28th of January, while the second occurred between Monday night and Tuesday morning. In both instances the thieves forced their way into mausoleums, removed coffins and desecrated the graves. Nothing appeared to have been taken other than the “partial human remains.”
It has been reported that the stolen remains were human heads, but the police refuse to confirm which body parts were stolen.
It has been reported that the stolen remains were human heads, but the police refuse to confirm which body parts were stolen.