Early on Monday morning it was discovered that several of the headstones at the Bailey Chapel Cemetery near Wakefield had been knocked over and destroyed.
According to Scioto Township Trustee Bernie Neal, the apparent cause of the damage was a car that had been run off the pavement and into the cemetery. The car was discovered Monday morning at the cemetery and it was presumed to be abandoned overnight. Neal says there were no license plates on the car upon its discovery.
The car, which left visible tracks in the ground around the headstones, was impounded on Monday, and the Scioto Township Trustees elected to call in the Pike County Sheriffâs Office Monday morning for an official report.