Military Casket Found In Ariz. Desert; Body MissingCasket Found By Paintballers
POSTED: 11:57 am EDT June 26, 2006
TUCSON, Ariz. -- An
empty casket with a military seal was discovered in a desert area south of
Tucson, and sheriff's deputies were looking for the body.
"Obviously it had the smell, and there was other evidence that it had
been inhabited recently," Deputy Dawn Barkman said Sunday.
Forensic investigators took DNA samples, and a nationwide alert was
issued in hopes of finding out who was the recently-used casket, Barkman said.
Deputies were called to a desert area near Interstate 10 around 5:30 p.m.
Saturday after two people playing paintball found the casket, Barkman said. The
casket was metallic silver with a U.S. Army insignia on it, she said.
"We have a lot of cemeteries, but it could be from anywhere," Barkman
said. "Right now we don't have any concrete information where it came from." Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM
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