The wierdest story I have heard, and it's from my neck of the woods

[NJmaverick]

STAMFORD, Conn. -- A body found in a New Jersey river this week belonged to a 2-year-old girl whose remains were apparently stolen from a grave in Connecticut, police said today.

Two men fishing in the Passaic River on Sunday afternoon in Clifton, found a girl's body in a bag at the shoreline. An investigation led authorities to the grave of a girl who was buried in Stamford in 2007.

Authorities exhumed the grave and found an empty coffin.

Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin would not release the child's identity today but said authorities believe she was properly buried. The child died of a pre-existing medical condition, he said, declining to elaborate.

Police do not consider the girl's family suspects and said they appeared shocked to hear that their child's body was not in the grave, Conklin said.

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[madinmaryland]

1. That's really strange.

I used to live in Norwalk in the late 90's, which is about 12 miles east of Stamford.

[NJmaverick]

2. I feel so bad for the family and I can't even begin to imagine

how this all went down. It's not like the Passaic river connects to CT. Someone had to transport and dump her body. Plus why does it turn up 2 years later? Who dug it up, how did they do it with no one noticing and why?

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

3. That is terrible

Who the hell does something like that? Her poor family!

[NJmaverick]

4. I agree

and why would someone do something like this? This is just so wierd and terrible and just bizarre.