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7/16/2008 9:42:49 PM EST
LexisNexis Insurance Center Staff
Cemeteries have new problem: metal theft

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – (AP) Grave robbers, a curse of burial grounds for centuries, are back for new valuables: metal ornaments that can be melted down for quick cash as copper and other metal prices climb. Such thefts are covered by many homeowners' insurance policies under the category of "offsite personal property but those policies don't cover some of the other things thieves seek at cemeteries, which include antique gravestones, flowers and even, in a few grisly instances, human remains. Full version available to lexis.com subscribers.

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