Just when I thought I heard everything 
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The mummified body of a baby, kept by a family for nearly a century before a judge ordered the remains to be buried, has been removed from a cemetery, police said yesterday.
The body had been kept for years by Charles Peavey. He had said the family had the mummy, possibly the stillborn son of a great-great-uncle, for 80 to 90 years and considered it a family heirloom.
Police learned of it in 2006 after Peavey's then-4-year-old niece mentioned it at her day-care center. DNA testing failed to prove the boy was related to Peavey, so a probate judge ordered the remains buried.
The remains were interred in 2008 in an unmarked grave in Concord's Blossom Hill Cemetery.
Thomas said police believe the grave was disturbed over the weekend. The casket was still in the grave but not the remains.
Peavey denies disturbing the grave site.
Relatives had treated the mummified infant as a family member, giving it cards during holidays and a dried fish as a pet.
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sugarnspice005
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May 5 @ 7:26PM
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Ok....that's a little strange. 
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Wordsofwit
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May 5 @ 7:28PM
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Well, I think I prefer to keep mum(my) on this one, except to say that the issue, while being odd, is of no importance to me.
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StraddleMyNose
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May 5 @ 7:49PM
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awww....how nice that my views just sky rocketed all of a sudden. 
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theSkwirl
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May 5 @ 8:31PM
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Mmmmkay.. i reckon it takes all kinds.
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flavorbuster
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May 5 @ 8:34PM
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Who in the Hell could have been in their right mind in that crowd 
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RJ53
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May 6 @ 12:22AM
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I am wondering what was the point of making them bury the child after all these years instead of leaving where the family was honoring it and keeping it safe. I think it is strange and weird but my question is what harm were they doing? I don't see the difference in that and someone keeping ashes on the mantle in an urn. While I would not do this and think it is kind of creepy I just do not see why the courts thought they needed to step into it.
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