SAN ANTONIO -- Police are looking for the person or persons who desecrated a grave and tampered with a corpse over the weekend.
The grave of Daniel Machado, who died in 1985, according to his grave marker, had his coffin ransacked and clothes from inside tossed around at the Loma China cemetery, a private facility on Zarzamora Road just outside Loop 410 on the city's south side.
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[SAPD spokesman Joe] Rios said whomever is responsible faces a charge of abuse of a corpse, a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
(from KSAT-12)
Of course, I guess it could have been these guys. If so, then how would they pay the fine?
UPDATE: This case has taken an even weirder turn, as KSAT reports:
Machado was 17 years old when he was struck by a truck. Family members said they had to collect donations in order to bury him, but his site has repeatedly been desecrated since then.Strange.
"The first time it happened, he was only buried like a week, and we found four black candles on each side of his headstone," said brother Preston Machado.
Police said they are investigating the latest incident, but have no leads as of yet. Family members said they also find dead animals and a lot of litter whenever they come by to clean the grave, including animals apparently used in voodoo ceremonies. Machado said the family would be visiting more frequently until more security measures are put into place.
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