Suspected grave robber found dead in a hole

Taiwan English News
Date: June 20, 2019 
By: Phillip Charlier

Police in Changhua County are attempting to identify a body found head-first in a hole at a cemetery in Hemei Township on June 15.

Police received a report at around 8:00am on Saturday morning that a passerby had spotted a man’s legs sticking out of a hole above a grave in the Jiaboa public cemetery.

Investigators found a decomposing body in the 90-centimeter-deep, 50×70-centimeter-wide hole. The deceased was shirtless, and wearing jeans. Beside the body was a shovel, and a case containing various tools. The hole was situated directly above a coffin.

Police said that the body was of a middle-aged male, about 170 centimeters tall, slightly balding, with missing teeth.    [FULL  STORY]

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