The state claims Tocco operated Trinity Cemetery without proper registration and mishandled burials, leading to a push for him to sell the property.

The state of Michigan had strong words for a Metro Detroit cemetery operator: Sam “Tocco lacks the requisite good moral character, financial stability, responsibility and security to control and operate a cemetery in a legal and proper manner.”

The red flags were there -- almost $300,000 missing from cemetery accounts, operating without a license, fined $10,000 -- but the city hired him anyway.

Grave markers moved, missing headstones, and other issues have plagued families with loved ones buried at Gethsemane Cemetery.

Even more families are claiming their trust was betrayed when they relied on the Gethsemane Cemetery to take care of their loved ones’ remains.

Grave markers moved, missing headstones, and other issues have plagued families with loved ones buried at Gethsemane Cemetery.

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“They didn’t have my permission. You should have asked me. You should have made me informed,” Sanders said. “I don’t appreciate it and I’m very angry.”

After three days of digging and investigating, some families are moving forward with a class-action lawsuit.

Families say authorities are finding bodies buried on top of bodies and that cemetery officials are being evasive.

Tuesday was the second day Detroit police and the FBI spent digging up graves in the search for answers.

Authorities are using a backhoe at a Detroit cemetery in response to complaints that some deceased might not be buried in the right graves.

More families are coming forward, demanding answers about the location of their loved ones buried at the Gethsemane Cemetery.

The former company who operated the cemetery told his family they were backed up in burials and suggested another date for the ceremony. When they came back, the company claimed they already buried his mother and has since given him the run-around. Now, he’s not sure what the truth is.

A Detroit family was shocked when they discovered their loved one’s gravesite had several bodies inside.