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Man charged in theft of dad's corpse from cemetery
Posted: Jan 18, 2013 5:00 PM by AP Posted by Tony Spehar
DETROIT (AP) - A man accused of stealing his father's body from a Detroit cemetery and keeping it in a basement freezer is being held on a $75,000 bond.
Police say 48-year-old Vincent Bright had hoped to bring his father back to life. He was arraigned Friday in district court on a charge of disinterment of a body.
He was arraigned by video from the Wayne County Jail. Defense attorney Gerald Karafa told the Detroit Free Press that "it's an unusual case" but he hadn't yet spoken to Bright.
The crime is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Clarence Bright's body disappeared from a cemetery Monday, hours before it was to be buried. Officers acting on a tip from other family members found the 93-year-old man's body in his son's home.
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