Burr Oak Cemetery is a cemetery located in unincorporated
Cook County, Illinois, adjacent to
Alsip, a suburb slightly southwest of
Chicago. Many musicians from the
Chicago blues era are buried here.
On July 9, 2009 Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart alleged that four workers at Burr Oak cemetery dug up more than 200 graves, dumped the bodies into unmarked mass graves, and resold the plots. The three men and one woman were charged with one count each of dismembering a human body.[1][2] Because of the investigation, the entire cemetery has been declared a crime scene by the Cook County Sheriff's Police and is closed to the public.[3]
pan style="font-size small;">Coordinates 41°39'44?N 87°43'45?W? / ?41.66216°N 87.72916°W? / 41.66216; -87.72916
