Woman's skeleton, man's skull stolen from crypt in Queens

Wednesday, November 2, 2016
NEW YORK -- A groundskeeper discovered Tuesday morning that a mausoleum in a Queens cemetery had been burglarized.

Two of the 10 crypts inside were broken into at the Acacia Cemetery on Liberty Avenue in Ozone Park.
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Police confirm a man's skull and an entire female skeleton were removed sometime between 4 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. Tuesday.

The burglar got into the mausoleum through a window.
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Last time the crypts were visited was 1987.
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