A Memo on Burr Oak Cemetery was good political cannon fodder in the Illinois Governors Race. At the time of this post the results are not clear in the Governor democratic primary in Illinois . But what is clear is that that the horrible grave scandal At Burr Oak Cemetery and associated memo are a big a factor in the governors race between Pat Quinn and Dan Hynes.
Now it is quite unclear why the Grave Desecrations known about in 2003 were not reported to Law Enforcement by Perpetua and Slivy Edmonds Cotton a Perpetua Manager in Charge of Burr Oak. It is my opinion that Pat Quinn was making something out of nothing in the last days of the campaign with his Burr Oak cemetery attacks on Hynes.
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In The Illinois Governors Race Candidates are fighting over the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal. The scandal has come back to life because of these politicians. They are calling each other incompetent.
But in reality the situation is simply a cover up by the funeral Company Perpetua, and Silvy Cotton, a Burr Oak Cemetery Manager.
“Our office doesn’t have a role. We audit the books of cemeteries,” Hynes told ABC-7. “It’s shameful that the families of Burr Oak have to relive this and see this tragedy politicized because Pat Quinn wants to win an election.”
“I told [ABC reporter Chuck Goudie] we had not seen [the memo], were not aware of the contents and the details of it were not discussed in the meeting,” Hynes’ campaign spokeswoman Carol Knowles told Huffington Post Chicago in an email. “I also told [Goudie] that if Ms. Cotton was aware of something illegal/inappropriate she should have immediately reported it to the appropriate legal authorities.”
But in the same piece from ABC, Quinn brought the full-court press. “The Burr Oak Cemetery scandal is the worst scandal…in American history. Grave robbing going on and there was information about that in 2003. Why didn’t the comptroller know about it? He’s in charge of that office and they have a duty, he does, under law to make sure things are done right.”via www.huffingtonpost.com
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Carol Knowles of the Illinois Comptrollers Office is correct-Perpetua Manager Silvy Edmonds Cotton is responsible along with others at Perpetua Inc.
There are skeptics , naysayers on Funeral and Cemetery Scandal. I have been hearing from folks who are victims of the grave desecrations at Burr Oak Cemetery But I am also hearing from people who just cannot believe that such scandals can occur.
I have had contact with many folks who have had problems(moved loved ones graves) AT EDEN MEMORIAL PARK-and at Burr Oak Cemetery.
Therea re folks who believe Funeral annd cemetery Scandal does not exist
The Two companies involved here are Perpetua, Inc and Service Corporation International-NYSE:SCI.
Authorities have been searching Burr Oak Cemetery For Graves and remains
Those responsible for the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal in Alsip,IL were those arrested and the owners of the cemetery in Texas and Arizona.Perpetua Holdings is the Arizona company who is ultimatlely responsible. There address is 6614 E Villa Dorado Dr., Tucson, AZ 85715-4725 Their phone is 480-985-2495.
In the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal up to Three Hundred Graves were desecrated. Over 100,000 graves and loved ones will need to be identified. Records were moldy and stuck together, and maps of the cemetery either did not exist or were not accurate. The FBI and the Cook County Sheriff in Illinois are having a difficult time sorting this out. Body parts were found piled up at the cemetery.
Perpetua Holdings, an Arizona company, appears to be the parent company of Perpetua Holdings of Illinois. Melvin Bryant is the CEO of Perpetua Holdings of Illinois who as directly responsible for the the Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip,Illinois.
“Perpetua Holdings of Illinois, Inc. has owned the cemetery since 2001 and the company president is Melvin Bryant of Richardson, Texas. An attorney for Bryant told the newspaper that the company went to police, triggering the investigation.”
It is very important to know who you are dealing with when making funeral arrangements at the cemetery or at the funeral home.
The Burr Oak Cemetery has been declared an extended Crime Scene.
The Burr Oak Cemetery site in Alsip, IL has been declared a crime scene. More graves have been discovered desecrated The Cook County Sheriff has declared the cemetery a growing crime scene. Friday Nite the cemetery was closed.
Over 300 grave have been dug up and the bones discarded.
“Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart declared all of Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip a crime scene Friday night after more remains and altered grave sites were found in a second part of the cemetery.”
Dan Hynes the Comptroller of the State of Illinois stated that the company involved was responbsible for the rogue employee actions
“Meanwhile, Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes said Friday he has begun license-revocation proceedings against Perpetua Holdings Inc., the owner of the cemetery.”
“Even though it was rogue employees who were committing these atrocities, it is [Perpetua’s] cemetery, and they are ultimately responsible, and they have abused the right to hold these licenses,”
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