Grave Robbery Spreads Across America
A cemetery in Compton, Calif., is being stripped day by day, month by month. Thieves have damaged or stolen nearly 1,600 headstones and plaques since 2023. “We got hit in January. We got hit in December. We got hit in November,” says Celestina Bishop, 51, operator of Woodlawn Celestial Gardens. “We won’t be replacing them. … Read more