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CHIEF OF POLICE MONDAY.
AN INTERESTING DISCOVERY
STOPS SOME WORK OF THE HOOSIER
HEARTLAND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION.
AS WE REPORTED YESTERDAY ON
NEWS 18.. HEADSTONES WERE DUG
UP DURING WORK.NEWS 18'S KELLY
ROBERTS REPORTS THEY MAY áNOT
HAVE COME FROM A CEMETERY.#@
KELLY:WORK CONTINUES LIKE
NORMAL ON PARTS OF THE HOOSIER
HEARTLAND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
TUESDAY.NATS: WORK VEHICLES
KELLY:EXCEPT WORK HAS
STOPPED ON AN APPROXIMATE 25
SQUARE YARD AREA NEAR STATE
ROAD 25 AND 2-18.. JUST
NORTHEAST OF DELPHI.ALL
BECAUSE OF AN INTERESTING
DISCOVERY BY CREWS..
HEADSTONES.MATT DIETCHLEY:
23:55:45-:56 THEY WERE DIGGING
UP IN THIS AREA TO PRETTY MUCH
CLEAR THIS AREA FOR THE NEW
ROAD. THAT IS WHEN THEY
DISCOVERED THE TOMBSTONES
ALONG WITH A LOT OF OTHER
THINGS LIKE BRICKS, AND
CONCRETE AND A LOT OF OTHER
JUST JUNK.KELLY: INDOT
SPOKESPERSON MATT DIETCHLEY
SAYS WORKERS DISCOVERED THE
STONES FRIDAY MORNING WHEN
WORKING ON THE HOOSIER
HEARTLAND SECTION BETWEEN
DELPHI AND LOGANSPORT.HE SAYS
INITIAL DISCUSSIONS GIVE HIM
THE IDEA THE SITE WAS NOT A
BURIAL SITE, BUT POSSIBLY A
FILLING SITE.HOWEVER, HE SAYS
IF IT IS A BURIAL SITE.. IT'S
NOT THE FIRST TIME WORKERS
HAVE COME ACROSS ONE.. AND
THERE ARE STEPS THEY WILL TAKE.
DEITCHLEY:23:57:51-:03 IF IT
IS WE WILL DO THINGS LIKE GO A
DIFFERENT DIRECTION, OR WE'LL
WORK WITH THE DIFFERENT
COMMUNITIES TO DETERMINE WHAT
WE NEED TO DO. DO WE NEED TO
MOVE THINGS? IT IS A VERY
SENSITIVE SUBJECT OBVIOUSLY,
AND SOMETHING WE WANT TO TREAT
WITH A LOT OF RESPECT.KELLY
STAND-UP: 13:29-:44THE
PREVIOUS PROPERTY OWNER TELLS
PROJECT SUPERVISORS HE DID USE
THIS LAND AS A FILL SITE.
DUMPING DIFFERENT PIECES OF
CONCRETE, INCLUDING
HEADSTONES, TO LEVEL OUT THE
LAND. STILL THE SITE WILL BE
FULLING INVESTIGATED BY THE
STATE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHEOLOGY.
DIETCHLEY: IF YOU LOOK AT
IT, YOU CAN SEE IT LOOKS LIKE
A BUNCH OF TOMBSTONES, IT
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANY KIND OF
BURIAL SITE OR ANYTHING LIKE
THAT, BUT STILL WE WANT TO BE
100% SURE. WE GO THROUGH THE
STATE ARCHAEOLOGY DEPARTMENT
AND VARIOUS OTHER CHANNELS TO
MAKE SURE THIS IS WHAT WE
THINK IT IS ..WHICH IS A FILL
SITE.KELLY: DIETCHLEY SAYS
THIS WILL NOT PUSH BACK ANY
DEADLINES ON THE ROAD.THE
PREVIOUS OWNER SAYS HE GOT THE
HEADSTONES FROM A FAMILY
BUSINESS WHO MAKES THE STONES.
REPORTING IN CARROLL COUNTY,
KELLY ROBERTS, NEWS 18.@#