Lloyd Tucker Jr. told Fox 26 Houston that he was outside his home Sunday morning on his way to run some errands when he made a disconcerting discovery: a partially open casket sitting in a ditch at the intersection of Hillis St. and Parkette Drive near Tidwell. Road.
Tucker said the coffin wasn’t there the night before.
Fortunately, the coffin was empty, but Tucker wanted it removed as soon as possible.
“Someone has to come get him, he can’t stay there,” he told Fox 26.
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A coffin is seen on the side of the road in northeast Houston.
(Fox 26 Houston)
The man, who has lived in the area for more than 50 years, said nothing like this had ever happened and he feels “violated.”
“I just want to know who would do something like that,” Tucker said, adding that it makes the neighborhood look bad.
He also said that the area is not a common place for people to throw things.
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An empty, partially open coffin was dumped in a ditch in northeast Houston over the weekend.
(Fox 26 Houston)
Tucker called the police, but when they arrived on the scene, he said they looked at the coffin and left.
According to Fox 26, Tucker said that nine times out of 10 there was a body in the coffin. He also said that it looked like it had been opened.
“Put it like this, someone is missing a coffin,” he said.
Residents of northeast Houston discovered an empty, partially open coffin in a ditch on Sunday.
(Fox 26 Houston)
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Fox 26 reported that there are no cemeteries or funeral homes near where the coffin was found, but there is a church in the area.