Struggle to find grave site stymies Boston bombing suspect's burial

[Sal]

BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts funeral home owner said he is struggling to find a graveyard willing to accept the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, killed in a shootout with police four days after an attack that left three dead and 264 injured.
Peter Stefan, owner of the funeral home in Worcester, Massachusetts, said he would turn to government officials for help if he cannot find a resting place for Tsarnaev soon.


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[Goober]

Perhaps he could emulate the style demonstrated by Osama (swims with the fishes) bin Laden

 

[WLDB]

Odd. Even executed criminals dont have much trouble when it comes to getting a spot in a graveyard.

 

[Nuggler]

.................It's a big ocean.

LIFO on a garbage scow.

 

[Goober]

Odd. Even executed criminals dont have much trouble when it comes to getting a spot in a graveyard.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/u...in-a-punitive-system.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Walking along the hill beneath the pine trees, stepping between the rows of hundreds of identical white crosses and tablet headstones, you think of Arlington National Cemetery. But if Arlington is for heroes, the Byrd cemetery is for villains.

The concrete cross marking the grave of Duane Howk lists his name, inmate number and date of death in June 2010 but says nothing of the offense for which he was serving a life sentence, aggravated sexual assault of a child. The serial killer Kenneth Allen McDuff, executed in 1998 for strangling a 22-year-old pregnant mother of two with a rope, had gained notoriety for being the only inmate in United States history who was freed from death row and returned years later after killing again, but he lies beneath a nameless cross reading 999055.

 

[Elder]

Cremate him and send ashes to his mother

 

[Goober]

Cremate him and send ashes to his mother

Against Islamic rules for burial.

 

[Sal]

Out of compassion for the family, someone has to step up and take him.

 

[Elder]

Against Islamic rules for burial.

Exactement!!!

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Out of compassion for the family, someone has to step up and take him.

He has several living relatives, including his parents and an uncle. And a wife.

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts funeral home owner said he is struggling to find a graveyard willing to accept the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, killed in a shootout with police four days after an attack that left three dead and 264 injured.
Peter Stefan, owner of the funeral home in Worcester, Massachusetts, said he would turn to government officials for help if he cannot find a resting place for Tsarnaev soon.


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There must be a pig farm somewhere where they can bury this scumbag. Preferably so that his remains are shat upon daily.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Against Islamic rules for burial.

So?????

 

[petros]

He's dead, it's just a hole. I'll bury him on the farm with all the others, no problem.

 

[WLDB]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/u...in-a-punitive-system.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Walking along the hill beneath the pine trees, stepping between the rows of hundreds of identical white crosses and tablet headstones, you think of Arlington National Cemetery. But if Arlington is for heroes, the Byrd cemetery is for villains.

The concrete cross marking the grave of Duane Howk lists his name, inmate number and date of death in June 2010 but says nothing of the offense for which he was serving a life sentence, aggravated sexual assault of a child. The serial killer Kenneth Allen McDuff, executed in 1998 for strangling a 22-year-old pregnant mother of two with a rope, had gained notoriety for being the only inmate in United States history who was freed from death row and returned years later after killing again, but he lies beneath a nameless cross reading 999055.

Its still a grave, with or without names and dates. From what I've read no state down there will stop families of executed criminals from claiming the body and doing with it what they will. A fair number of them have been buried in public cemeteries around the country.

Exactement!!!

Oh come on, the guy is dead. Doing that does nothing to harm him but it will piss off others who are alive.

So?????

So - as stated above even executed criminals get a decent burial along the lines of whatever religion they subscribed to.

 

[Nuggler]

Against Islamic rules for burial.

Which is exactly why it should be done.

Cremate and throw the ashes in the trash.

 

[Sal]

He has several living relatives, including his parents and an uncle. And a wife.

Yes but no one wants the body buried at their their cemetary and from the reaction here I see why which is disappointing.

But understandable I guess.

He's dead, it's just a hole. I'll bury him on the farm with all the others, no problem.

so you've gone from he was likely extremely mentally ill and easily influenced to; screw the family and their customs bury him at your place.

 

[SLM]

This is just ridiculous. Another reason for a headline, nothing more. As has been pointed out, even the worst of the worst serial killers, many of whom have a much higher body count, have no trouble being buried.

 

[Sal]

This is just ridiculous. Another reason for a headline, nothing more. As has been pointed out, even the worst of the worst serial killers, many of whom have a much higher body count, have no trouble being buried.

well except unfortunately it isn't just a headline...they have no where to bury his body and I think that is shameful. Although I understand the emotion because were it my cemetery I would be afraid all the whack jobs would destroy it in their emotional zeal to display just how angry they are that he did it.

And you are right, others have killed more and been buried without this reaction.

 

[Machjo]

What about a Muslim cemetary? Are they turning him down too?

I'd immagine many Christian cemetaries would be eager to give him his last Christian rights in a last-ditch attempt to save his soul.

C'mon, where's the marketing department when you need it.

 

[Sal]

What about a Muslim cemetary? Are they turning him down too?

I'd immagine many Christian cemetaries would be eager to give him his last Christian rights in a last-ditch attempt to save his soul.

C'mon, where's the marketing department when you need it.

this Stephan guy from the funeral home has the right attitude and stepped up when needed:

Stefan said Tsarnaev's family was put in touch with him because he has handled other Muslim funerals and is known in the community.
He declined to identify the graveyard officials he has spoken with thus far, saying he hopes to change their minds.
He compared his efforts on behalf of Tsarnaev to the doctors who treated him and the lawyers preparing to defend the ethnic Chechen's younger brother, Dzhokhar, who was wounded in the April 19 shootout and is being held in a nearby prison facility.
Stefan said he hopes to find a burial site soon.
"This is a situation that has to be dealt with. It has gone on way too long," Stefan said.

why would the family want to bury him in a Christian graveside? They value their belief as strongly as you value yours.