Posted on 04/13/2005 9:27:38 AM PDT by kiriath_jearim
Vt. Teen Accused of Stealing Corpse's Head
By Associated Press
April 13, 2005, 8:01 AM EDT
MORRISVILLE, Vt. -- A 17-year-old Morrisville youth was being held on $100,000 bail after police said he raided a tomb in a cemetery and removed a head from a corpse.
"We had a person voice their concerns about information they had heard on the street," said Chief Richard Keith of the Morristown Police Department.
Keith said police at first could not believe what they had heard. But when they went to Morrisville Cemetery and investigated, they found that someone had broken into a tomb, broken open the casket and removed a man's head.
"We had the funeral director come to the scene and we pulled the casket out. Yes, indeed, we found remains and they had been disturbed," Keith said.
Nickolas Buckalew, 17, later was arrested and charged with unauthorized removal of a dead body. He pleaded innocent to the crime.
Police believe they have a strong case against Buckalew because remains and evidence were found in a silo near the suspect's home outside the village and one-fifth of a mile from the cemetery.
"Within minutes we found the duffle bag with the remains in it and tools that were used to enter the tomb and the casket," Keith said.
The victim's widow, the only family member in the area, was told of the vandalism.
"The widow was in shock," the chief said. "She did not want any information. She did not want to know any details."
Authorities are not sure of the motive of the crime. Court documents said the suspect allegedly talked of using the man's head as a bong or a pipe for smoking marijuana.
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"Authorities are not sure of the motive of the crime. Court documents said the suspect allegedly talked of using the man's head as a bong or a pipe for smoking marijuana."
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"...feed your head....feed your head..." -- Grace Slick
OMG
Drugs, a victimless crime...
Proof positive that marijuana is a gateway drug and can really mess up your... (sorry couldn't resist).
He was saving it for the extra-megasized chili bowl at Wendy's.
I know a kid who did the same thing a few years back. The skull was hidden in a neighbors camper.
It must have scared the heck out of the kid watching the police cordone off the area and then the FBI showed up.
This guy was into way more than smoking pot. For those of you who are going to jump on the "pot is bad" bandwagon, I'm sure there's more to it than the pot.
This never happened when Howard Dean was Governor!
Since Dean messed the whole state up this is the only way you can get ahead in VT
Don't worry I was being sarcastic. Actually I expect a skull would make a lousy bong and would take some real engineering. But I blame those damn "coming of age" movies... yeah, that's it... it's Hollywood's fault. ;-)
But I thought pot wasn't an entrance drug...
yeeeeeeeearrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
An entrance drug to desecrating corpses? The kid probably plays those violent video games. Yeah, that's it. I blame video games.
Fruit Of The Looms a little tight there C Guy?
Well since he wasn't going to use the head as a beer stine I guess that proves that alcohol is NOT a gateway drug. Drink up, everyone, the Republic is safe.
Are you sure this happened in Vermont and not in Florida?
The kid was just trying to get ahead in life.
He just used someone elses noggin to do it.
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