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Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
Later that day, three garbage bags with dismembered body parts inside were found at a cemetery in Slatington, Holihan said.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2024
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“Cemetery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cemetery. Accessed 3 Jun. 2024.
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cemetery
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Middle English cimitery "cemetery," from early French cimiterie (same meaning), from Latin coemeterium "cemetery," from Greek koimētērion "sleeping chamber, burial place," from koiman "to put to sleep"
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