Saturday, October 18, 2014 | 11:27 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Thieves broke into a downtown Kingston funeral home early Saturday morning and made off with a television set and a casket.
Kennesha Barnes, who operates the funeral home with her mother Donaree Barnes, told OBSERVER ONLINE that they were at home when they got a call at about 5:00 am informing them that there was a break-in at the funeral home.
“We came down, went inside and found that the TV [a 14-inch] was missing and the casket was gone,” the younger Barnes told the Observer. “The casket is very valuable; it is sold for $250,000.”
Barnes said the police got to the scene of the robbery after 7:00 am and left, saying that forensic investigators would get there to take fingerprints.
However, at approximately 10:30 am the funeral home operators were still awaiting the arrival of the forensics team.
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Casket stolen from funeral home
