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In 1996
the children of a Greek Orthodox Priest found an abandoned cemetery in
Brattleboro, VT. The Priest came to the Brattleboro Probation Office and asked
if the work crew would be able to clean up the cemetery. He took the work crew
supervisor to the site and it was decided that the cemetery belonged to the
Brattleboro Retreat.
Mr.
Brian Frost an employee of the Retreat agreed to allow the Department of
Corrections Work Crew to clean it up and work started immediately. After the
overgrowth was removed it was obvious that some of the graves had caved in and
some of the grave stones were scattered around. The work crew cleared the brush
and litter, filled the caved in grave sites with dirt and placed the various
grave stones at the grave nearest to where the stone was found. The brush and
debris was removed and grass seed planted.
During
the operation one grave stone was missing and could not be located. months
later the Brattleboro Retreat contracted with the DOC Work Crew to paint the
barns belonging to them. During inspection of the barns that were located one
mile west of the Retreat a grave stone was found in the larger of the two
barns. The caretaker of the barns explained that years ago the gravestone was
removed from the old Retreat Cemetery because the Retreat Manager was worried
that it might be stolen.
Prior
to the celebration of Halloween the Manager directed that the stone be removed
and stored in the Retreat's barn. The name on the gravestone was
"Frankenstein".
Jerry
A. Day
Investigator
AHS
Investigations Unit
103
South main Street
Waterbury,
Vt. 05671
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Updated 12-20-2007