Bacchus family vault broken into twice

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- George’s corpse stolen, Shafeek’s casket ransacked

double.jpgIn a bizarre incident that is believed to have occurred sometime between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, the burial-chamber bearing the remains of Shafeek Bacchus, and which had once held those of his brother George Bacchus was broken into.

The nearly seven feet high structure, which is situated in the northern section of Le Repentir Cemetery, was busted open and Shafeek Bacchus’s casket tossed out and ransacked. Yesterday, his corpse lay in the deteriorating open casket much to the displeasure of relatives……


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