Hearse with a woman’s BODY in the back is stolen from outside church as LA cops beg thief to ‘make one good decision’ and return it
- Hearse with a body in was stolen from outside a church in Pasadena, Los Angeles
- A mortuary worker was taking a body inside St Anthony’s Church on Wednesday
- When she returned the second body and the hearse were gone from parking lot
- Police made plea for thief to ‘at least make one good’ decision and return casket
A hearse with a woman’s body in the back was stolen from outside a church in Los Angeles while a prayer service was being held.
A black Lincoln navigator was taken from outside St Anthony’s Church in Pasadena on Wednesday evening while a body was being unloaded.
The hearse belonged to a mortuary that had been contracted to transport two bodies to the church.
A mortuary attendant was bringing one body inside the church, while another body was in the vehicle that was parked outside.
When the worker returned the second body and hearse were gone, police said.
Police at the scene in St Anthony’s Church in Pasadena after a hearse was stolen from outside the church on Wednesday evening
St Anthony’s Church in Los Angeles where a woman’s body was taken as a body was being unloaded to the church
The Greek Orthodox Church was holding a prayer service called a Trisagion, held the night before a funeral for the deceased person the next morning.
Police begged the thief to return the casket and make ‘at least make one good’ decision after the vehicle was stolen from the church parking lot.
The stolen body was not associated with the service, but was in a mortuary vehicle that happened to be stopping by the church at the same time of the theft, officials said.
the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a tweet: ‘Out of all the bad decisions you have made, at least make one good one & bring back the deceased person & casket inside the Navigator.’
Police begged the thief to return the hearse, or at least the casket. Pictured are officers at the scene on Wednesday night
The Sheriff’s Department also tweeted a plea for the suspect to return the vehicle, or at least the body inside.
The department wrote: ‘To the suspect(s) driving around in a Black Lincoln Navigator stolen from the 700 blk of Rosemead Bl just after 8PM today in uninc #Pasadena: Out of all the bad decisions you have made, at least make one good one & bring back the deceased person & casket inside the Navigator.’
Authorities do not know the thief’s intentions or whether the suspect knew there was a body inside the vehicle.