Burr Oak News

If your loved one was buried at Burr Oak Cemetery and, due to criminal activities involving staffers at the facility, was moved or removed without your consent, you have likely heard of the scandal at the Burr oak facility. In response to the pain and suffering that hundreds of people living in and around Chicago are now experiencing as a result of the illegal and immoral activities at the cemetery, Levin & Perconti is representing numerous clients in achieving justice for injuries related to this negligent activity.

Here you will find news updates related to the Burr Oak Cemetery lawsuit. Please check back often for the latest news and information:

• July, 2009 (on)
  • NBC 5
  • Sheriff Launches Searchable Burr Oak Site
  • Crooks Littered Cemetery with Bones, Headstones
  • Burr Oak Schemer Sentenced to 12 Years
  • Butt Oak Cemetery Turned Over to Trustee

• July, 2009 (on)
  • Chicago Breaking News
  • Head of archdiocese cemeteries to run Burr Oak
  • Burr Oak Cemetery nightmare
  • Clergy visit Burr Oak Cemetery
  • More bones found at Burr Oak Cemetery

• January 12, 2010
  • Daily Herald
  • Study suggests too many bodies buried at Burr Oak

• June 20, 2012
  • Chicago Tribune
  • As Burr Oak settlement payments arrive, old wounds reopen

• January 28, 2015
  • ABC7 Eyewitness News
  • Burr Oak Cemetery Trial: 1,500 Bones Found, FBI Agent Says

• February 7, 2015
  • Chicago Tribune
  • Testimony: Bodies buried atop bodies at Burr Oak Cemetery

• February 12, 2015
  • Chicago Tribune
  • Ex-Burr Oak Cemetery workers convicted of desecrating bodies

• April 18, 2015
  • Chicago Tribune
  • Ex-Burr Oak Cemetery workers get prison time

• August 24, 2015
  • WGNTV
  • Signs of neglect remain at Burr Oak Cemetery

• October 10, 2015
  • CBS Chicago
  • Former Burr Oak Cemetery Worker Gets Probation for Desecrating Bodies

• Burr Oak Cemetery Headstone Search: If you are seeking information about relatives buried at Burr Oak Cemetery, visit this site. If you have information useful to investigators, please contact the Cook County Sheriff or Levin & Perconti
• Burr Oak Cemetery Website: Several Burr Oak employees were charged with disinterring caskets and re-selling burial plots to families. As reported by the Cook County Sheriff’s office, although Burr Oak was home to approximately 100,000 gravesites, fewer than half actually had a headstone, leading the Sheriff’s Department to a criminal investigation, and Levin & Perconti into a case to recover on behalf of our clients.
• Burr Oak Burial Database: In 2009, the Cook County Sheriff’s Department placed over 40,000 photos of headstones online, allowing families to search for information in the wake of the scandal at Burr Oak Cemetery.
• How to Order Death Certificates in Cook County: The Cook County Clerk’s office not only allows citizens to request a death certificate, but also keeps official records of deaths that occurred in Chicago and Cook County suburbs.

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