Desecration Of Grave Linked To Religious Ritual

A grieving widow who visited her husband's grave expected to find fresh sod and flowers, not a ritualistic slaughter of animals next to the headstone.

But atop the two-week-old grave was a dead chicken, a set of goat hoofs and four dead puppies.

Worst of all, the puppies were headless.

"I was horrified," said the woman, who asked not to be identified because she wanted to shield her family from the desecration.

Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies were called and filed a report.

"It appeared to be a part of a religious practice," the responding deputy wrote in the report. Full Story

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