Jonathan Gerlach arrest: Pennsylvania grave robbery case finds 100 skulls and mummified body parts, police say
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Key Points:
- Police discovered bones and skulls in a car near an abandoned Philadelphia cemetery, leading to the arrest of Jonathan Christ Gerlach, accused of stealing about 100 sets of human remains from Mount Moriah Cemetery.
- Investigators found over 100 human skulls, bones, mummified hands and feet, decomposing torsos, and jewelry linked to graves in Gerlach's home and storage unit during a search.
- Gerlach targeted mausoleums and underground vaults at the 160-acre cemetery, known as the country's largest abandoned burial ground, where at least 26 mausoleums and vaults had been broken into since November.
- He was arrested carrying a crowbar and a burlap bag containing mummified remains of two
