A 34-year-old man is facing nearly 500 charges after police found a trove of human remains he allegedly stole from graves in Pennsylvania.
Investigators caught Jonathan Gerlach of Ephrata coming out of the historic Mount Moriah Cemetery and Arboretum in Yeadon with a burlap bag and a crowbar.
‘To be able to sell body parts on the internet just appalls me, and I just think it should be stopped.’
In his car they discovered “numerous bones and skulls in plain view in the back seat.”
Gerlach allegedly admitted to stealing remains from more than 30 grave sites. Investigators were shocked when they searched his home and storage unit.
“Detectives walked into a horror movie come to life in that home,” said Delaware County District Attorney Tanner Rouse at a
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