Hello List, A while back an elderly relative told me a story of how one of our mutual ancestor's body was stolen from Jason Lee Cemetery in Salem, many decades ago, by medical students from Willamette University. The body along with other bodies was recovered and then buried in the Salem Pioneer Cemetery. Through research I came to the conclusion that my ancestors were not involved in this incident. Obits and funeral records show everyone is where they should be and the time frame for medical students to be at Willamette University doesn't match. I decided that my relative must have heard the story and maybe confused it with our ancestors. Last year I discovered that under the grass and weeds on my ancestors plot there is concrete. My ancestor died in 1931 so the concrete had to have been poured after that year. I noticed that other plots in the same area are also covered in concrete. The City View Funeral home, who maintains the Pioneer Cemetery, has no idea when or why the pl! ots were covered in concrete. The Friends of the Pioneer Cemetery had not heard of any grave robbing and they did not respond to my question about when and why concrete was poured over some of the plots. I tried looking up newspaper articles at the State Library and found nothing. I was wondering if anyone else had heard of a story of medical students robbing graves in Oregon and when did it take place, and does anyone know when and why some of the plots at the Salem Pioneer Cemetery are covered in concrete? Thank you Sheri