Vermont man has been arrested and charged with felony removal of human remains after he allegedly dug up the grave site of his own father and took home the remains… apparently because he missed his dear old dad.
Vershire native Dominik A. Bailey Jr., 43, was taken into custody Saturday after a tip from the man’s own mother, and wife of the deceased, alerted the Thetford police. According to Bailey’s mother, she suspected her son had gone and dug up her late husband’s grave, and told police she was going to the cemetery to find out. Sure enough, when she got there all she found was a hole in the ground and the tombstone removed.
Apparently Bailey had confided in an aunt that he had plans to remove his father’s remains for months, but she never thought he would actually go through with it. On Friday, she received a strange message on her answering machine saying Bailey was “going to get his father” and they “didn’t need to leave flowers there anymore.” Later that day, the man called her again and told her “he’s here with me now.”
When police searched the disturbed man’s home, he was not there but they did find the father’s cremated remains and headstone in the living room. Bailey was later picked up in Thetford and taken into custody, where he is being held on charges of felony removal of human remains. If convicted, he faces a maximum of 15 years behind bars and can be fined up to $10,000.
