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DETROIT (AP) - Two men have been arrested
on suspicion that they stole a body and casket from a Detroit cemetery.
Mortician's assistant Leon Jones of
Swanson Funeral Home says 93-year-old Clarence Bright was to be buried Monday
at Gethsemane Cemetery.
Police say the body was taken Monday
morning.
Officers found the empty casket
Tuesday in a white van parked at a gas station, and arrested a 48-year-old man
and a 38-year-old man in the vehicle. Police didn't identify the arrested men.
Police later found Bright's body in
the basement of an eastside home. A records search by The Associated Press
shows a man living in the house is also called Bright.
Police are to present the case to
prosecutors for charges.
Bright's funeral was held Saturday,
but rain-soaked ground postponed his burial.
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