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Arguments over whether Luigi Mangione is a 'hero' offer a glimpse into an unusual American moment
Read full article: Arguments over whether Luigi Mangione is a 'hero' offer a glimpse into an unusual American momentMemes and online posts in support of 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, who's charged with killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO, have mushroomed online.
Indiana will exhume John Dillinger's grave
Read full article: Indiana will exhume John Dillinger's grave1," is set to be exhumed at the end of this year at the wishes of Dillinger's niece and nephew. Michael Thompson, Dillinger's nephew, submitted an application to the Indiana State Department of Health for a permit to disinter the grave underneath Dillinger's headstone, according to documents obtained by CNN affiliate WXIN. The documents contain an affidavit from Dillinger's niece, Carol Thompson, which builds the case that someone other than her Dillinger is buried in the grave. According to the conventional narrative, Dillinger was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana on July 26, 1934. But that planned dig was halted during a dispute between the family and Crown Hill Cemetery.
Efforts to exhume John Dillinger go on
Read full article: Efforts to exhume John Dillinger go on1933: Members of John Dillinger's gang impersonate Indiana State Police officers to break Dillinger out of the Allen County jail in Lima, Ohio. Claiming they had come to extradite Dillinger to Indiana, they shot and killed Sheriff Jess SarberINDIANAPOLIS - A relative of infamous 1930's gangster John Dillinger is renewing efforts to have Dillinger's remains dug up from their burial site at Crown Hill Cemetery. For the second time since July, Michael Thompson, a Morgan County man, has filed an application for disinterment with the Indiana Department of Health. The first application expired before Dillinger's remains could be dug up. As part of the show, Dillinger's remains were supposed to be exhumed this month.
John Dillinger's relatives say buried body may not be his
Read full article: John Dillinger's relatives say buried body may not be hisRelatives of notorious Depression-era American gangster John Dillinger plan to exhume his body because they want to confirm whether it's him buried in an Indiana cemetery, according to affidavits filed with the Indiana State Department of Health. The department approved an application submitted by Dillinger's nephew on July 3. His body is buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, according to the permit. Mike and Carol Thompson say in the affidavits that they are Dillinger's nephew and niece, respectively. The affidavits say that several of the man's physical attributes, including eye color, fingerprints, anterior teeth, ears and head shape, did not match Dillinger's.
Gangster John Dillinger's body to be exhumed
Read full article: Gangster John Dillinger's body to be exhumedCNN video(CNN) - The body of John Dillinger, a notorious American gangster who operated during the Great Depression, is set to be exhumed from its resting place in an Indiana cemetery. On July 3, the Indiana State Department of Health approved an application submitted by Dillinger's nephew, Michael Thompson. Dillinger's body will be exhumed and reinterred by September 16 at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, according to the permit. The gang killed at least 10 people and staged violent robberies of banks and police arsenals and three jailbreaks, according to the FBI. He was killed by FBI agents as he tried to reach for his pistol.