Vandals break into Pearl City cemetery, scatter tomb’s remains
Vandals broke into a Pearl City cemetery tomb and scattered someone’s remains, prompting a police investigation.
Hawaii News Now reported Monday that volunteers cutting grass at Sunset Memorial Park found the desecrated remains this past weekend.
The volunteers said an empty cement box was found inside one of the tombs and a pile of bones and bone fragments was dumped in another tomb nearby.
The incident is the latest of a string of vandalism and homelessness issues at the cemetery. And because Sunset Memorial Park doesn’t have regular maintenance workers or security guards, it’s unclear when the desecration happened.
Lui Moefu, who has family buried at Sunset Memorial Park, says the cemetery would be brought back to “how beautiful it was before” if the city or state were to get involved.