LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. FAMILY DIGS FOR ANSWERS, TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT REALLY
HAPPENED TO THEIR FATHER’S
GRAVESITE. TONIGHT WE SHARE WHAT
THEY FOUND. WAS IT
MISCOMMUNICATION A MISTAKE OR
TYPICAL WEAR AND TEAR. A LOCAL
FAMILY IS DIGGING FOR ANSWERS
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR
FATHER’S REMAINS AT A CLINTON
TOWNSHIP CEMETERY. INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTER KAREN DREW TOLD US SHE
WOULD FOLLOW THIS STORY, AND
THAT’S WHAT SHE DID. BUT, KAREN,
I DON’T THINK ANYBODY EXPECTED
THIS ENDING. OH, NO, KIM AND
DEVIN, THERE ARE SO MANY TEARS
AND REALLY GAS. WHEN THIS
STARTED TO DEVELOP NOW IT’S
STARTED. WITH SOME SECRET
PHOTOS. THEY WERE SENT TO THE
FAMILY SHOWING WHAT HAPPENED TO
THEIR FATHER’S GRAVESITE AND
EXPLANATION THEY DIDN’T BUY AND
THEN A JUDGE’S ORDER AND A
CAMERA CREW ARRIVING AT
RESURRECTION CEMETERY TO FIND
OUT THE TRUTH. IT’S A SIGHT NO
FAMILY WOULD EVER WANT TO
EXPERIENCE DIGGING UP YOUR
FATHER’S GRAVE SO YOU CAN FIND
OUT THE TRUTH. UNDERSTAND WHY
ARTHUR TROT EARS FAMILY IS DOING
THIS. WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO
FEBRUARY OF 2021. THAT’S WHEN
THE FAMILY KNEW THERE WAS
SOMETHING FISHY GOING ON. THEY
VISITED ARTHUR’S GRAVE AT
RESURRECTION CEMETERY IN CLINTON
TOWNSHIP AND NOTICED UNEARTHED
GROUND WHERE IT SHOULDN’T BE
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. THE STORY
DIDN’T MAKE SENSE TO TERRY
JEWITT, ARTHUR’S DAUGHTER, THEN
THESE SECRET PHOTOS WERE SENT TO
THE FAMILY TO WARN THEM ABOUT
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO ARTHUR’S
GRAVE. THE CEMETERY WAS
UNWILLING TO TALK TO US ON
CAMERA, INSTEAD ISSUING THIS
STATEMENT READING IN PART AS
PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO
CARE FOR THE FINAL RESTING
PLACES FOR OUR FAMILIES. THERE
ARE TIMES WHEN MAINTENANCE IS
NEEDED. WE CAN’T COMMENT ON THE
SPECIFICS OF THE MAINTENANCE
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ONGOING
LEGAL MATTER. BUT WHAT WE CAN
SAY IS THE LEGAL COMPLAINT
CONSISTS OF EXTENSIVE
INACCURACIES, AND THAT BRINGS US
HERE. CAMERAS ROLLING AS THE
FAMILY WITH A JUDGE’S ORDER
COMES BACK TO THE RESURRECTION
CEMETERY. THEY WANT TO KNOW IF
THEIR FATHER’S CASKET AND
REMAINS WERE TREATED WITH
RESPECT. OR WERE THOSE PHOTOS
RIGHT? PREACHES. DIGNITY
FAMILY’S FEARS WERE TRUE.
SOMEONE DID JUST PILED TRASH AND
CHUNKS OF CONCRETE AND THEIR
FATHER’S REMAINS. GOODNESS. IT
WAS HORRIFIC. I JUST WANT MY
PARENTS LAID THE PROPER WAY WITH
DIGNITY AND GREECE. THE WAY THEY
ORIGINALLY WERE LAID 30 YEARS
AGO. AND THAT’S NOT THE CASE
TODAY. WE WERE ALL HOPEFUL THAT
WE WOULDN’T SEE THAT WHEN THE
VAULT WAS LIFTED, AND THERE WAS
SMALL GLIMMER THAT POSSIBLY DEAD
WAS RESTING LIKE THEY SAID HE
WASN’T PEACEFULLY BUT IT’S
UNFORTUNATE THAT THE NIGHTMARE
CONTINUES AND IT WAS JUST
DEBRIS. PIECES OF CASKET THAT
THEY REBURIED AND TRIED TO COVER
UP. THE FAMILY TELLS ME THEY
WILL BE RE BURYING THEIR FATHER
AND THEIR MOTHER TOMORROW AT
RESURRECTION, THIS TIME IN A
CRYPT. OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE
BEEN BURIED THERE, SO THEY DON’T
WANT TO CHANGE THE LOCATION. NOW
I DID REACH OUT TO RESURRECTION
CEMETERY, WHO RELEASED A NEW
STATEMENT THAT IN PART, WE FOUND
EXACTLY WHAT WE EXPECTED TO FIND
A CASKET THAT HAD BEEN
DETERIORATED BY WATER OVER
DECADES, WHICH ARE CREW THEN
PLACED IN A NEW VAULT. AFTER
PERFORMING EMERGENT MAINTENANCE
. YOU CAN READ THEIR FULL
STATEMENT ON OUR WEBSITE THAT
THE IT’S JUST JUST HEARTBREAKING
FOR THE PHONE. YOU’VE TALKED TO
A NUMBER OF HEART BROKEN
FAMILIES. NOW WITH THESE KINDS
OF STORIES. THIS ONE IS
DIFFERENT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE
THEY COME AT THIS FROM A
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. THEY DO
THEIR EXPERIENCE IN THE FUNERAL
BUSINESS, SO THEY KNOW WHAT IT
SHOULD LOOK LIKE. THEY ALSO KNOW
WHAT PERMITS SHOULD BE PULLED OF
CERTAIN THINGS ARE DONE, SO
THEY’RE JUST WERE A LOT OF RED
FLAGS AND THE FACT SOMEONE SENT
THEM. THESE PHOTOS CLEARLY
SHOWED. IF THEY WOULDN’T HAVE
GOTTEN THOSE THEY WOULDN’T HAVE
KNOWN CEMETERY STANDS BY IT.
THEY SAY THAT’S JUST NORMAL WEAR
AND TEAR. THAT WAS JUST THE
CASKET COLLAPSING, SO WE’LL STAY