Etna Green West Cemetery Vandalized
March 14, 2023 at 1:14 a.m.
Etna Green West Cemetery Vandalized
By Jackie [email protected]
Etna Township Trustee Rita Anglin said she was called Monday by a woman who was passing by the cemetery and noticed a sign and four tombstones were spray painted with profanity and graffiti.
Anglin said she called the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department. A reserve deputy took a report for the damage.
There are no suspects at this time and the damage was estimated to be around $3,000-$5,000, according to Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department Public Information Officer Doug Light.
Anglin said KCSD is planning on talking to the person who reported the damage to Anglin to see what that person thinks or knows.
While Anglin said she doesn’t know when exactly the damage was done, it was done very recently.
Most of the graves at the cemetery are from the 1800s, Anglin said, and the township has been trying to clean the cemetery up.
When asked what the township plans to do to fix the damage, Anglin said they are trying to see if they can find a way to clean the grave stones.
This isn’t the first instance of damage done to the cemetery, Anglin said. A couple years ago, there were some kids that kicked over some of the stones in the cemetery as well.
“This has got to stop. These (stones) are irreplaceable,” Anglin said. She added it’s very disheartening.
If anyone has any information, it is requested you call KCSD at 574-267-5667.
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Etna Township Trustee Rita Anglin said she was called Monday by a woman who was passing by the cemetery and noticed a sign and four tombstones were spray painted with profanity and graffiti.
Anglin said she called the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department. A reserve deputy took a report for the damage.
There are no suspects at this time and the damage was estimated to be around $3,000-$5,000, according to Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department Public Information Officer Doug Light.
Anglin said KCSD is planning on talking to the person who reported the damage to Anglin to see what that person thinks or knows.
While Anglin said she doesn’t know when exactly the damage was done, it was done very recently.
Most of the graves at the cemetery are from the 1800s, Anglin said, and the township has been trying to clean the cemetery up.
When asked what the township plans to do to fix the damage, Anglin said they are trying to see if they can find a way to clean the grave stones.
This isn’t the first instance of damage done to the cemetery, Anglin said. A couple years ago, there were some kids that kicked over some of the stones in the cemetery as well.
“This has got to stop. These (stones) are irreplaceable,” Anglin said. She added it’s very disheartening.
If anyone has any information, it is requested you call KCSD at 574-267-5667.
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