Military Casket Found In Arizona Desert - Body Missing

[matcom]

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TUCSON, Ariz. -- An empty casket with a military seal was discovered in a desert area south of Tucson, and sheriff's deputies were looking for the body.

"Obviously it had the smell, and there was other evidence that it had been inhabited recently," Deputy Dawn Barkman said Sunday.

Forensic investigators took DNA samples, and a nationwide alert was issued in hopes of finding out who was the recently-used casket, Barkman said.

Deputies were called to a desert area near Interstate 10 around 5:30 p.m. Saturday after two people playing paintball found the casket, Barkman said. The casket was metallic silver with a U.S. Army insignia on it, she said.

"We have a lot of cemeteries, but it could be from anywhere," Barkman said. "Right now we don't have any concrete information where it came from."

http://www.wftv.com/news/9426050/detail.html

[Spider Jerusalem]

1. In other news...

military scientists working in conjunction with the Pentagon and the Advanced Research Projects Agency recently renewed their interest in German research documents captured during WWII that extended the pioneering work of one Herr Doktor von Frankenstein, with one spokesman commenting 'this looks like a very promising solution to our recent manpower problems'.

[underpants]

2. *ahem* $$$$$$$

That $9 Billion didn't just disappear you know

;-)

Personally I hope they did grab some of it. I know I would have.

[denverbill]

3. Wonder if this casket originated in Afghanistan?

I hear they grow poppies there.

[skygazer]

4. It had been "inhabited" recently?

Isn't that a strange term to use? Makes it sound like someone was living in it. :wtf:

[Ptah]

5. A thread in the Arizona forum.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=139x4304