SALT ROCK, W.V. (WOWK) – A baby’s corpse and a busted casket were found at a cemetery in Salt Rock, West Virginia, on Thursday evening, according to the Cabell County Sheriff’s Office.
They said the infant boy’s body was found on the ground at the Baylous Cemetery around 7 p.m., and the casket was discovered over a hillside not far from where the child was discovered.
The original burial site is unknown, and the boy’s body was sent to the medical examiner’s office, according to the sheriff’s office.
A criminal investigation is underway, the sheriff’s office said.
According to West Virginia law, unlawfully disinterring or displacing a body “or any part of it” as well as damaging caskets is considered a felony that could result in up to five years in prison.