Police investigators said they were horrified to find more than 100 skulls and skeletons at the Pennsylvania home of a man who is now facing nearly 600 criminal charges.
Delaware County District Attorney Tanner Rouse announced in a press conference Thursday that 34-year-old Jonathan Gerlach of Ephrata had been charged with 574 counts, including trespassing, abuse of a corpse, and theft.
'It is truly, in the most literal sense of the word, horrific. I grieve for those who are upset by this.'
Detectives had been on a stakeout at the historic Mount Moriah Cemetery and Arboretum in Yeadon Tuesday when they noticed that a car belonging to Gerlach had "numerous bones and skulls in plain view in the back seat."
They said they saw the man leaving the cemetery with a burlap bag and a crowbar. When he was detained and questioned, Gerlach admitted that he had stolen human remains from 30 grave sites.
They found far worse after raiding the man's home.
"Detectives walked into a horror movie come to life in that home," Rouse said at the press conference. "It is truly, in the most literal sense of the word, horrific. I grieve for those who are upset by this, who are going through this, who are trying to figure out if it is in fact one of their loved ones."
Investigators are now trying to determine why Gerlach had been collecting the remains.
They are also investigating Gerlach's involvement in a group on Facebook titled, "Human Bones and Skull Selling Group."
Rouse said that some of the remains were hung up, some were pieced together, and skulls were found on the man's shelf.
"Very simply, detectives have recovered an awful lot of bones at this point, and we are still trying to piece together who they are, where they are from, and how many we are looking at," Rouse said. "It's going to be quite some time before we have a final answer."
Gerlach is being held at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility on bail of $1 million.
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"Rest in peace is rest in peace, and this is definitely something that tears at your heartstrings," Yeadon Police Chief Henry Giammarco said.
The cemetery was founded in 1855, according to a sign at the entrance.
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Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D) is making the media rounds as she eyes a U.S. Senate run — and her latest stop on “The View” raised eyebrows for all the wrong reasons.
“She’s running for Senate here in Texas, where she will fail miserably, and she’s making the rounds ’cause she’s running for U.S. Senate. And so, she made an appearance on everyone’s favorite daytime talk show, ‘The View.’ And they asked her a pretty reasonable question,” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales says.
When the panel asked Crockett why she’s willing to go all in on a Senate race in Texas, her answer was essentially that she’s black.
“We are also a majority minority state. So, for everybody that’s like, ‘Well, she running for Senate, and she black.’ Yes, I am. I am. ... We have more African-Americans in the state of Texas than any other state,” Crockett said proudly on “The View.”
“That’s the first time I’ve ever heard you tell me that you’re black, Jasmine. I never would have known that you were black except for all the times that you’ve just led with the fact that you’re a black woman. Other than literally every time you speak, I would have never known that you were black,” Gonzales says sarcastically.
“It seems to be your only identification in your entire life, is that you’re an independent black woman who don’t need no man,” she adds.
Gonzales believes that Crockett, despite being black, might face some challenges trying to sway Texans to vote her way.
“President Trump won Texas in 2024. This was, like, unprecedented since 2012. 56 to 42. That’s the largest gap since 2012. It was a difference of 1.5 million votes, I believe,” Gonzales explains.
“So, yes, the overwhelming majority of black people voted for Harris, but they only made up 11% of the total vote. So, like, okay, cool. There are more black people who live in Texas than anywhere else. They’re not voting,” she continues.
“And I don’t know, I guess she’s just like, ‘I’m going to get black voter enthusiasm up so high that they’re just going to, like, skip to the ballot box,’” she adds.
Crockett also is refusing to release her polling numbers.
“What I did is, I evaluated the numbers. The numbers are clear that we can win,” Crockett said on “The View.”
“I want to be clear that a lot of people haven’t put their numbers up, and I haven’t put mine up for a good reason because I’m playing for keeps. But let me tell you that I know how to evaluate, and I know how to win races,” she explained.
Crockett went on to claim that she shared her numbers with the “front-runner” in the race, who decided to “step aside” after seeing her numbers.
“He decided to step aside because he felt like what mattered was getting the best person across the finish line,” she added.
“Or, Republicans just tricked you and astroturfed you,” Gonzales says.
“This was actually a thing that they did to try to push you into a Senate run,” she continues. “They ran these polls suggesting that she would win.”
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Venezuelan Interior Minister — and long-suspected drug lord — Diosdado Cabello on Thursday warned the socialist regime has the "monopoly on weapons" in the country in what appears to be a new show of strength from the strongman.
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A whistleblower from within the Swedish Migration Agency has claimed that the majority of staff deciding who is allowed into the country are foreign and that clan-like networks have developed, in which ethnic and religious compatriots are given special consideration.
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