Germany: Grave digger accused of stealing gold teeth from corpses
Bavarian police raided a cemetery worker s home and discovered 11 gold teeth and one ring allegedly taken from dead bodies in the city of Würzburg s main graveyard. The man is accused of disturbing the dead.
Around 30 grams of dental gold were allegedly stolen
A German cemetery worker is being investigated for allegedly stealing gold teeth from dead bodies, local police announced on Tuesday.
A police statement said he was accused of disturbing the peace of the dead.
The suspect was employed to dig and fill in graves in the city of Würzburg in the southern state of Bavaria. He is accused of unlawfully removing the gold in 20 incidents since September 2019.