The relatives were stunned when they saw that their man was missing from the grave. Strangers seem to have dug, opened the coffin and stolen the dead man leaving straw.
During the ceremony for the nine days of the dead in Kavala relatives of the deceased saw the soil mixed in the cemetery, as reported by proininews.gr.
Kavala - They immediately requested an exhumation from the officials of the municipal cemetery of Eleftheroupoli
Unfortunately, their fears were confirmed, as the deceased was missing and the coffin was full of straw… The possibility that other relatives of the deceased took him and buried him in another area is being investigated!
Mr. Christos Bosbotis, Deputy Mayor of Eleftheroupolis, speaking to Live News and Nikos Evangelatos stated that:"On April 28, a 76-year-old man was buried. During the process of the following days, at nine o'clock, the family found that the soil was disturbed, they appealed to the police station, the exhumation took place, sheaves were placed in the coffin. The police department will conduct the investigation ".
What the widow said
The widow also states shocked and very bitter in Live News, saying:
"I do not know where they have him. Pain, bitterness and nothing else. We found two sacks of straw in his grave. "According to the journalist, Maria Papazoglou, there was a dispute between the family members over the burial of the elderly man. Municipality of Paggaio. His wife decided to be buried in Eleftheroupoli.