Police say son hoped to resurrect father, removes him from grave

YOUR LEADING SOURCE OF POLICE NEWS IN TEXAS
SOUND-OFF LINKS/ EVENTS/ BOOKS/ JOBS/ ARCHIVES & COMMENTS/ TWITTER/ THE BLUE PAGES / BACK ISSUES / WEATHER
ABOUT THE POLICE NEWS / FACEBOOK / PHOTOS & VIDEOS / SOFT SCRAMBLED EGGS / NEWS 92FM LIVE
The Police News - June 2013 Print Edition

More Today's News:

•	Texas City Man Jailed in Drug Bust

•	Arrests clear up unrelated arson cases

•	Baytown man gets 2nd charge in Father’s Day murder

•	Crime Stoppers gather at reception, bring awareness

•	Dallas police arrest women at brothels operating as spas in joint FBI investigation dating to at least 2011 \| Video

•	Dallas police officer arrested by Mesquite police

•	Do you know this woman?

•	Gov. Perry signs 'Protection of Texas Children Act' \| Video

•	Missing Bacliff Woman Found Safe

•	Missing Person Alert

•	Missing Person Alert - CANCELLED

•	Mistrial declared in case of cop accused of killing girl

•	Police nab Port Neches robber after lengthy search

•	Police officers learn ways to prevent and respond to violence in Texas \| Video

•	Restaurant Inspection Report

•	Round Rock officials propose facility to keep city safe \| Video

•	San Leon Man Seriously Injured When Pickup Flips

•	Teen accused of assault with fork in car jacking

•	Teenager beat grandfather to death, stole his car

•	Benefit For Galveston County Deputy Thursday July 20

•	Career Criminals Tied to Eight Seawall Burglaries Arrested

•	Drunk driver slams into ambulance

•	G8 Most Wanted Child Sex Offender Captured in Brazil Extradited to Florida

•	Homemade Burn Remedy Causes Infant Daughters Death

•	Jared's Jewelry robbed Monday night

•	Leadership Galveston 2013

•	League City Announces 4th of July Event Lineup

•	Lifeguard Drowns in Fort Bend Pool

•	Mentally-challenged woman missing

•	Mother Runs Over Armed Carjacker Who Threatened Kids \| Video

•	Mother, Boyfriend Arrested For Kidnapping Her Sons

•	Nacogdoches man killed in deputy-involved shooting

•	New Texas law will require ISD police chief to report to directly to Superintendent

•	Officer Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver \| UPDATE

•	Police identify victims, officers involved in shooting \| Video

Next >>

Search Archives:

6:24 pm, Tuesday, January 15, 2013

DETROIT - A man who was arrested in the theft of his father's corpse from a Detroit cemetery stored the body in a freezer after a weekend funeral, hoping for it to be miraculously resurrected, police said Tuesday.

Clarence Bright's 48-year-old religious son was arrested along with another man after officers found an empty casket inside their van at a gas station, Detroit police said.

"This is a very, very bizarre situation," Leon Jones, a mortician's assistant at Swanson Funeral Home, told The Associated Press. The funeral home handled Bright's funeral.

Click here for the full article

Printer Friendly Format

Send to a Friend

RSS Feed

1-888-788-8967     (409) 762-NEWS (6397)     (409)-632-0103 Fax     (409) 632-0082 Advertising/Distribution
Police News Publishing Co. L.L.C.
Email: Editor@ThePoliceNews.Net