Fla. sea burial botched as man's body resurfaces

[Liberal_in_LA]

Fla. sea burial botched as man's body resurfaces

September 15, 2010 06:09

Authorities suspected foul play when the body of a North Carolina man surfaced near a South Florida beach.

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Sheriff's deputies solved the mystery after finding Lasky's obituary. Authorities said his family placed his body on dry ice, loaded him in a van and drove from Hickory, N.C., to Florida to honor his dying wish. Relatives boarded a boat and bid Lasky what they thought was their final goodbye until his body resurfaced.

Sea burials are legal but certain rules must be followed. The body has to sink to the bottom rapidly and permanently.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/09/15/national/a060904D54.DTL#ixzz0ziskJw91

[hlthe2b]

1. I think that is sort of the goal for ILLEGAL sea burials as well...

:evilgrin:

[LiberalAndProud]

4. doubletake

:rofl:
Guess so, huh?

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Was his name 'Bob'? n/t

[Lost4words]

11. LOL!

I guess he changed his mind

[HopeHoops]

3. Yeah, well, they didn't use cement shoes.

You would think they would have learned SOMETHING from old movies.

[Vickers]

5. Hey, we have enough crazies in Florida without you Carolina yahoos

dragging corpses down here.

:P

[Lance_Boyle]

7. Then get rid of that moronic drowning jesus statue!

It usually draws only BRAINdead religiodelusionals - guess drowning jesus has found a new market in dead-dead religiodelusionals.

[catzies]

9. Ok, what?

Where in Florida is this "moronic drowning jesus statue" of which you speak?

I have a clue, but I'd like to hear it from you in case I'm wrong.

[LibertyLover]

12. There is a statue of Jesus about 20 feet down on the ocean floor

in a park off Key Largo. I can't for the life of me remember the name of the park at the moment but I believe it's a state park. That might be the drowning Jesus statue Lance Boyle is referring to.

[Buns_of_Fire]

15. John Pennekamp State Park...

http://www.pennekamppark.com/

[catzies]

16. Oh yes, I know the one and I know the Park, grew up a mile or so away

I wanted to see if Lance knew.

[catzies]

10. Yeah, really...these guys were DIYers with their deceased relative

No coffin, no nothin'. :shrug:

My dad's final wish was to become one with Biscayne Bay and we did it the right way - by sprinkling his ashes, not dropping his body over thise side! Sheesh!!

Oh, and subby - a link from a California newspaper about a Florida story is not as helpful as a Florida newspaper link like this one:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/15/1826758/questions-over-botched-burial.html

[SteveM]

14. Some deceased old submariners are "fired" from a torpedo tube off Key West.

See: Silent Victory.

[catzies]

17. OK now that is damn cool. n/t

[SteveM]

13. Sounds like right out of a Carl Hiassen novel.

[KansDem]

6. "I'm not quite dead yet!"

[Cyrano]

8. Does this mean it's possible that Luca Brasi doesn't sleep with the fishes?

[Generic Other]

18. "As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner

Has someone accidently set fire to the coffin yet?