A Pasco County mother, Miranda English, is heartbroken after several graves at a Lacoochee cemetery were vandalized and items connected to her family were stolen.
Family Graves Desecrated
One of the graves belongs to English’s infant son, Lamont Simpson, who died and was buried there in 2002. English says a headstone she had recently placed on the grave of Lamont Simpson Sr. was taken just two days after it was installed. An urn containing the ashes of English’s mother-in-law, known to the family as ‘Granny Dee,’ is also missing.
English says several other items she placed on the graves over the years were either stolen or destroyed. A bench she had placed at the grave site was destroyed, and glass covering several photographs was shattered.
Investigation Underway
Pasco County deputies say Christine Mixon is facing at least five charges in connection with the alleged grave vandalism and theft. English says she has seen Mixon around the cemetery before but does not know why she would allegedly damage or take items from her family’s graves.
English says the cemetery had long been a place where she could find comfort while remembering the people she had lost. She has continued visiting her son’s grave for more than two decades and marks his birthday each year by releasing the number of balloons representing the age he would have been.
Original reporting: Tampa Bay Florida News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
