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    1. McCutchan Cemetery
    2. Jeannie, In reference to the Destroyed cemetery I wrote you about, if they are allowed to continue with the project as now planed, they will dig into Human Remains. I also received 3 photographs from a 3rd party whom I cannot find yet. She sent pictures of exactly where the cemetery was before it was destroyed. She claims to have received her information from a 4th party who remembers where it was. This party is not 88 year old Mrs. Elsie Fenwick who has lived a mile away since she was born and remembered the cemetery from her childhood. I have checked the Recorders office records and so far have not found a Deed, or an Exception. I am not through yet. I hear that the Developer is going to go ahead with his present Plat in May if he gets approval. It is my suggestion that Ground Penetrating Radar should be used on the site. The Lafayette Twp. Trustee will not pay for anything. All he does is claim his cemetery funds and whatever else he has to do. As I said, I am putting the DNR and DHPA on notice that if this proceeds as planned the Developer will in all likelihood, dig into Human Remains. The lady that sent me the pictures said the same thing. I WILL FIND HER AND HER SOURCE. I have spent Countless hours on this and so far all I have found is 2 elderly people who remember where it was. The stones were supposedly thrown in a nearby natural drainage ditch, but since the property has been sold, I do not have permission to go on it. The Developer would have me arrested. You now know what is going on, there is nothing else I can do. If the state cant do anything, then its all over for those buried there. Jack E. Briles Sr. jackbriles@aol.com PO Box 444 New Albany, In. (812)282-6585

    04/07/2006 06:41:18