Cemetery guard robs graves to steal gold fillings

[Hum]

<sup>SKOPJE, Macedonia -- Macedonia may have found its ultimate gold digger.

Police in the tiny Balkan country say a 52-year-old guard at an Orthodox Christian cemetery was detained after alleged opening graves to prize gold teeth and dentures and reselling them.

The suspect identified only by his initials, J.K., was taken in for questioning in the western city of Tetovo after police searched him outside a shopping mall and found him carrying 12 pairs of dentures, four gold tooth caps, believed to be destined for sale in neighboring Serbia.

Tetovo police spokesman Marijan Josifovski said Wednesday the man has been charged with desecrating graves, an offense that carried a jail sentence of up to one year.

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[wrack]

Modern day Indiana Jones, arrgh... Bad boy.

 

But seriously, that is sad as well as bad.

[spaceelf]

I don't know why, the dead people don't need em.  Heh.

 

Always seemed like a weird thing to get hung up on.

[Hum]

How does he know who has gold .... ?

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How does he know who has gold .... ?

 

Metal detector

[+virtorio MVC]

Burying people with precious metals lodged in their face seems like a waste to me. 

[LimeMaster]

Hmm, that's sort-of a weird thing to think to do in the first place. His efforts were certainly not worth it since he's serving jail time now.

[compl3x]

Burying people with precious metals lodged in their face seems like a waste to me. 

 

 

Lodging precious metals into your face in the first place seems like a waste to me.

 

I agree burying people with expensive jewelry is totally imbecilic. I think the whole funeral industry is a total con, but grave-robbing fillings is considerably different.