‘Covered in dirt from head to toe’: Cemetery worker busted digging up grave for stranger’s urn buried with gold ring ‘he couldn’t stop thinking about,’ cops say

A cemetery idiosyncratic successful Indiana allegedly dug up a grave site to retrieve an urn that was buried with a golden ringing inside, aboriginal telling cops however helium “couldn’t halt thinking” astir it, according to constabulary officials.

Seth Davidson, 24, was recovered covered successful ungraded “from caput to toe” aft pulling disconnected the alleged sedate heist connected Monday nighttime astatine Oaklawn Memorial Gardens cemetery successful Fishers, according to a constabulary press release.

An serviceman with the Fishers Police Department had observed a “suspicious” conveyance successful the country and stopped to investigate. Davidson emerged from a adjacent wooded country moments later, constabulary say.

“The serviceman spotted a shotgun and paraphernalia successful plain view,” the FPD merchandise says. “While the serviceman was investigating the vehicle, Seth Davidson emerged … covered successful ungraded from caput to toed and confirmed helium owned the vehicle.”

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Davidson allegedly told police helium worked astatine Oaklawn and precocious buried an urn connected its property with a golden ringing wrong of it, which helium wanted to pawn off.

“He confessed that helium couldn’t halt reasoning astir the ring, prompting him to excavation it up to pawn it,” the FPD merchandise says. “Upon noticing the officers approaching his vehicle, Davidson hid the ringing down a dumpster.”

Davidson allegedly guided officers to the ringing and besides directed them to the sedate helium had dug up, according to police.

“Fresh ungraded indicated caller disturbance,” the merchandise says.

Oak Lawn confirmed to detectives that Davidson was an worker and that helium lone disturbed 1 sedate site. The household of the deceased has been notified by police. Davidson faces charges of cemetery mischief, transgression trespass and theft.