The United States Army has launched a criminal investigation, after finding the cremated remains of eight individuals buried in a single grave marked with a headstone titled “unknown”, in Arlington National Cemetery. The problem was first discovered in October, says Kaitlin Horst, representative for the Arlington National Cemetery. Since the discovery, three of the remains have been indentified and reburied. Investigators are still in the process of trying to identify the other remains. This investigation comes after a report filed earlier this year stated that more than two-hundred of the graves in Arlington National Cemetery have been mismarked on maps. Christopher Grey, the representative for the Criminal Investigation Command of the Army, has said that while the mistakes on the maps could have been human error, the burial of eight urns in a single grave was unlikely to be an accident.
I cannot imagine a reason to bury eight peoples remains together, unless it was the wishes of the buried or their families. I find it amazing that they can now identify people previously labeled unknown through the process of identifying their DNA. I remember several years ago, when they identified the solider housed in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and were able to return his remains to his family. I hope that the investigators can identify the remaining ashes and have them properly entombed.
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