A man was arrested on Saturday last December in Avilés (Asturias) after having stolen the body of his mother, who died that week, from the parish cemetery.
Tag Archive for morgue
Strays Attack Couple
by Hugh MacArthur •
Two stray dogs attacked a couple inside the municipal-morgue enclosure yesterday morning around 11.00h.
Prisoner Not Dead
by Martin Myall •
A prisoner in an Asturias jail was found dead in his cell yesterday morning and was taken to the morgue pending a post mortem.
The Identification Scandal
by Martin Myall •
The Spanish general public is far from being happy with the London Metropolitan Police over the very tardy identification of a Spanish citizen.
New Funeral Facilities
by Martin Myall •
Before the year is out Almuñécar will have a new morgue/funeral parlour; they’re converting an old fruit-clearing warehouse, right next to the cemetery.
The Reluctant Dead
by David Darby •
It’s the stuff of horror movies, the undertaker working late, the movement of the coffin lid behind him… he turns to see a woman rising from the coffin and he collapses to the floor in a dead faint.
Lanjaron Wants a Morgue
by Editor •
(Lanjaron, Alpujarra) The Mayor of Lanjaron has formally requested help from the Chairman of the Provincial Council, Sebastian Perez (PP) for a municipal tanatorio (morgue). The Chairman had been visiting both Lanjaron and Carataunas, both of which have PP mayors.