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NewsSeptember 12, 2017

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Police said thieves stole an SUV and an attached U-Haul trailer with a casket inside. Police say the heist occurred early Monday at a Residence Inn motel, and the casket later was found not far from the site it was taken. Authorities said the casket contained the body of the victim's father-in-law. Police said the deceased man's daughter and her husband were on their way from Oklahoma to Kirtland, New Mexico, to bury him...

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Police said thieves stole an SUV and an attached U-Haul trailer with a casket inside. Police say the heist occurred early Monday at a Residence Inn motel, and the casket later was found not far from the site it was taken. Authorities said the casket contained the body of the victim's father-in-law. Police said the deceased man's daughter and her husband were on their way from Oklahoma to Kirtland, New Mexico, to bury him.

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