Bodies from Green River Cemetery in MA To Be Exhumed and Reburied
Thanks to some strong winds that uprooted trees and washed away several yards of soil back in March, about 50 bodies are in danger of sliding 200 feet into the Green River below.
According to Massachusetts state law, to exhume a body, you need a copy of the death certificate and approval from the deceased’s family. However, since most of the bodies date to the 1800s, a Probate Court judge waived those requirements. Family members and other possible objectors have until July 31 to register a complaint before the bodies will be reburied.
Getting approval was the easy part. How to actually move the bodies is proving more difficult. Cemetery officials have hired surveyors and contractors to figure out the best way to move the graves, but they are concerned that the drop off is so unstable, that it may give way if people try to unearth the bodies.
Source: LiveScience
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