LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. I DON’T TRUST THEM. I DON’T KNOW
WHAT THEY’VE DONE THIS TO OTHER
FAMILIES THAT HAVE NO IDEA THEIR
FATHER’S GRAVESITE, DISTURBED
EXPLANATIONS THAT DON’T MAKE
SENSE. AND THESE SECRET PHOTOS
LEAKED TO THE FAMILY. TONIGHT
QUESTIONS BEING ASKED ABOUT HOW
THE DEAD ARE TREATED AT
RESURRECTION CEMETERY IN CLINTON
TOWNSHIP QUESTIONS COME AFTER A
FAMILY VISITED A LOVED ONE AND
REALIZED SOMETHING STRANGE WAS
GOING ON. LET’S BRING IN LOCAL 4
INVESTIGATOR KAREN DREW WITH
WHAT SHE’S FOUND KAREN KIM AND
DEVIN. WHEN YOU BURY YOUR LOVED
ONE. YOU EXPECT A LEVEL OF
RESPECT FOR YOUR LOVED ONE’S
BODY AND GRAVESITE. TONIGHT ON
LOCAL FAMILY IS SPEAKING OUT,
SAYING THEIR FATHER’S GRAVESITE
WAS NOT ONLY TREATED WITH
DISRESPECT BUT DESTRUCTION AND
IT WAS BECAUSE OF SOME SECRET
PHOTOS THAT WERE LEAKED TO THEM.
THEY LEARN THE TRUTH. IT’S A
FAMILY TRADITION FOR THE
TROTTIER FAMILY TO BE BURIED AT
RESURRECTION CEMETERY IN CLINTON
TOWNSHIP. THE FAMILY ARE DEVOUT
CATHOLICS. THE CEMETERY IS A
SACRED GROUND. IT’S. WHERE YOU
LAY YOUR LOVED ONES YOU GO TO
REST. TERRY’S FATHER, ARTHUR
TROTTIER DIED IN 1992. HE WAS
LAID TO REST HERE. THE FAMILY
VISITED HIS GRAVE SITE OFTEN BUT
A VISIT IN EARLY 2021 LEFT THEM
HEARTBROKEN. WE FOUND WHAT
LOOKED LIKE MY PARENTS
GRAVESITES WERE DISTURBED. IT
LOOKS LIKE THE GRAVE WAS BOTH OF
THEM WERE OPENED. THE HEADSTONES
WERE TOSSED ASIDE CALLED
MANAGEMENT AT THE CEMETERY. THEY
TOLD ME THAT, UM THEN WE’RE
DOING A BURIAL NEXT TO MY DAD.
AND THAT THEY NOTICED THAT MY
DAD’S FAULT WAS COMPROMISED. BUT
HE SAID, OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF
MY HEART, WE DECIDED TO REPLACE
YOUR DANCE FAULT. THAT ANSWER
DIDN’T SEEM RIGHT TO TERRY. YOU
SEE, SHE IS IN THE FUNERAL
BUSINESS DISINTERMENT. YOU WOULD
NEED A PERMIT FROM THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT. YOU WOULD NEED AN
AFFIDAVIT. UM FROM THE FAMILY
FROM ALL FAMILY MEMBERS. AND SHE
SAYS THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN. THEN
CAME THE REAL SHOCKER. THESE
PHOTOS WERE SENT TO THE FAMILY
IMAGES SHOWING HER FATHER’S
VAULT OPEN. FATHER WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE IN PEACE AT REST. SO
WHOEVER TOOK THESE PHOTOS KNEW
THERE WAS SOMETHING ILLEGAL
GOING ON. OBVIOUSLY THEY WEREN’T
SUPPOSED TO DO BUT IN A WHOLE
MANNER THAT WAS DISRESPECTFUL
FAMILY DIDN’T WANT TO LEAVE HER
FATHER’S GRAVE SITE THAT WAY,
WORRIED HOW HIS REMAINS WERE
LEFT UNDERGROUND. SHE WANTED HIM
EXHUMED AND PLACED IN A NEW
VAULT. THE CEMETERY JUST KEEPS
PUTTING ROADBLOCKS. AND THE
DATES WE WANT ARE UNACCEPTABLE.
UM THEY DON’T HAVE CREWS
AVAILABLE. NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THIS. SO THEY BROUGHT IN
LEGAL HELP MICHIGAN AND OTHER
STATES ARE THERE UNIQUE BECAUSE
THERE’S ACTUAL STATE LAW ABOUT
HOW YOU HANDLE THE DEBT AND THE
REMAINS AND WERE OF THE OPINION
THAT THEY CLEARLY VIOLATE THAT
LAW. NO ONE FROM RESURRECTION
CEMETERY WAS WILLING TO GO ON
CAMERA, INSTEAD RELEASING A
STATEMENT THAT READS IN PART,
THE LEGAL COMPLAINT CONSISTS OF
EXTENSIVE INACCURACIES. IN THIS
SITUATION. THERE WAS A BREAKDOWN
IN OUR COMMUNICATION PROCESS,
THE WAY IN WHICH THE FAMILY
LEARNED ABOUT THE ISSUE WAS NOT
HOW WE STRIVE TO MEET OUR
FAMILY’S EXPECTATIONS. AS THE
FAMILY BATTLES IT OUT IN THE
COURTROOM, THEY CONTINUE TO
VISIT THEIR FATHER’S GRAVESITE,
PRAYING HE CAN TRULY BE AT REST
SOMEDAY. I DON’T TRUST THEM. I
DON’T KNOW IF THEY’VE DONE THIS
TO OTHER FAMILIES THAT HAVE NO
IDEA. BECAUSE IF WE HADN’T
DRIVEN BY THAT CEMETERY THAT DAY
THEY WERE TWO DISCOVERED IT UP.
NOW WE HAVE LEARNED A JUDGE HAS
GRANTED THE FAMILY PERMISSION TO
DISINTER THEIR FATHER’S BODY
THAT’S EXPECTED TO HAPPEN NEXT
WEEK. IN ITS STATEMENT,
RESURRECTION RESURRECTION SAYS
IT HAS APOLOGIZED TO THE FAMILY
FOR WHAT THEY’RE CALLING A
COMMUNICATION GAP. BUT IT’S
INTERESTING THAT WITH ALL
THEY’VE BEEN THROUGH THE FAMILY
STILL, ONCE THEIR FATHER’S
REMAINS THERE, IT’S HARD. I
ASKED HIM THAT, BUT THEY SAID
IT’S STILL HISTORY OUR FAMILY
MEMBERS HAVE ARE ALL BURIED
THERE THERE. WE DON’T WANT TO
UPSET THAT EVEN MORE, BUT WE
NEED TO TAKE A CHARGE. AND MAKE
SURE THAT THIS IS DONE THE RIGHT