Hi Hannelli and Robert, Your discussion of bones and headstones in cemeteries stirs the curiosity. In the U.S. I often assume when stones appear missing from graves that there never was one on the grave. Rather than someone having stolen it, could it be that the stones are fair game for removal after a certain time? A mass removal for road work or structure building does raise consternation when it is discovered by an enterprising newspaper reporter. Maybe not in some countries where the customs are different. There is so much neglect of our cemeteries here, once the original owner or caretaking arrangements have died off . Strip mining in certain areas have isolated grave yards or ripped them up outright. Ernie Heltsley