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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2024
After colleagues of Burleigh’s tried to cover it up — including spiriting Campbell’s body away to an unmarked grave in the local cemetery — a second autopsy revealed that the young woman’s abdomen was inflamed, her uterus was missing, and her breasts were full of milk.
—TIME, 15 Apr. 2024
Both women were buried in a Black cemetery that is now the site of Walter Pierce Park, two miles east of where Ms. Harris lives today.
—Robert Draper, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Tylee’s remains, however, were found near a pet cemetery on Daybell’s property and weren’t as easily transported.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 11 Apr. 2024
The idyllic building is situated on a small island in southern Sweden and surrounded by a cemetery dotted with flowers.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
Calvary Cemetery's gatehouse, 5503 W. Blue Mound Road, was constructed in 1897 at Milwaukee's oldest Catholic cemetery.
—Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2024
Court documents later revealed that Joshua's remains had been buried in a pet cemetery and Tylee had been dismembered and burned in a fire pit.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2024
He and 19 other members of the Washington family were buried in the cemetery at Samuel’s Harewood estate near Charles Town, West Virginia.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 30 Mar. 2024
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“Cemetery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cemetery. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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cemetery
noun
Middle English cimitery "cemetery," from early French cimiterie (same meaning), from Latin coemeterium "cemetery," from Greek koimētērion "sleeping chamber, burial place," from koiman "to put to sleep"
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