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Deputies said John Belknap, 46, was arrested by Denver police on Tuesday night after a warrant for his arrest was issued earlier Tuesday.
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. — A man has been arrested in connection with the theft of body parts from a mausoleum at Crown Hill Cemetery earlier this month, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said.
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Deputies said John Belknap, 46, was arrested by Denver police on Tuesday night after a warrant for his arrest was issued earlier Tuesday. He is being held in the Jefferson County jail on charges of felony criminal mischief, abuse of a corpse, third-degree burglary, theft and desecration of a venerated object, the sheriff’s office said.
The sheriff’s office said the morning of Oct. 11, deputies were called to the Crown Hill Cemetery to investigate damage to a mausoleum. Deputies found the front of the private mausoleum was severely damaged, as were the crypt and casket inside.
The sheriff’s office said it appeared someone had entered the cemetery overnight, broke into the crypt and gained access to the casket.
The casket had been pried open and parts of the body inside were removed, the sheriff’s office said. The sheriff’s office said there were three crypts in the mausoleum, but only one was disturbed.
The sheriff’s office said Wednesday that they were able to identify the suspect from evidence left at the scene. They said there does not appear to be a relationship between the suspect and the people who were entombed in the mausoleum.
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