(New Durham Township, IN) - Two more bronze grave markers have been reported stolen from another La Porte County cemetery.

 

One of the stolen name placards belonged to a deceased veteran.

 

According to La Porte County Police, a woman on August 31 reported the grave markers were missing from the headstone of her parents during a visit at Carmel Cemetery in New Durham Township.

 

Police said one of the bronze name plates identified her father as a Korean War veteran.

 

Both plaques also listed the names of her parents along with date of birth and when they died.

 

Police said a pry bar could have been used to steal the name plates because of scratch marks left where they were fastened to the headstone.  An officer walked through the cemetery but did not find any other bronze name plates missing.

 

The thefts occurred sometime after July 4 when the woman during her last visit noticed the grave markers were still there.

 

Several bronze grave markers previously turned up missing at cemeteries in Rolling Prairie and Union Mills.

 

Police said investigators have been contacting area scrap yards to see if any of the name plates were brought in and sold as scrap.

 

Police are encouraging family members and friends of deceased veterans to go to their gravesites to make sure their bronze markers have not been taken and to contact the sheriff’s office right away if they’re no longer attached to the headstones.

 

Anyone noticing suspicious activity at the cemeteries is also asked to contact the sheriff’s office.