In Colma cemetery, staff find buried human hearts with photos attached
Police Say It's Not A Hoax: Human Hearts With Pictures Pinned To Them Found Buried: News: SFAppeal
Authorities are working to determine the origin of two human hearts found in jars unearthed in a Colma cemetery earlier this month with pictures of two different young couples pinned to each organ, a police commander said today.
A maintenance worker was in an isolated area of the 300-acre Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery located at 1500 Mission Road on the afternoon of Oct. 12 when he saw the tops of two jars poking up from the dirt, Colma police Cmdr. Jon Read said.
The jars, buried side-by-side several inches apart in an area not near any gravesites or buildings, each contained one heart with a photo of a couple seemingly in their early 20s pinned to it, Read said.
Police are currently trying to figure out the identities of the people in the two heterosexual couples, Read said. The photographs were personal pictures that were not professionally taken, he said.
"It's a little bit perplexing right now" because two people were depicted in each photo attached to the single hearts, Read said.
