Skull Stolen From Grave At Hickory Cemetery

HICKORY, NC– A disturbing mystery in Hickory. Someone stole a dead man’s skull right out of his grave.

A city employee called the police this morning, after finding an open casket outside a mausoleum in Oakwood Cemetery. Nothing else was missing.

The man’s body and casket are being stored at a funeral home until the mausoleum is repaired.

If you know anything the crime, call the Hickory Police.