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Westlawn was the site of gravestone desecration in January 2008. At least 57 tombstones were defaced with
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immigrant male was charged with the crime in February 2008. He has been directly linked by police to a
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John Dillinger Slept Here: A Crook's Tour of Crime and Corruption in St. Paul, 1920-1936
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Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons
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and slurs on tombstones in a western section of the cemetery.
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slogans. Using white and blue spray paint, the vandal drew
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and sentenced to 7 years in prison, the maximum sentence.
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Canton, Ohio
West Lawn Cemetery
Norridge
Illinois
United States
Coordinates
41°57′28″N 87°49′38″W / 41.95778°N 87.82722°W / 41.95778; -87.82722
Jewish cemetery
Official website
Find a Grave
Westlawn Cemetery
Jewish cemetery
Norridge
Illinois
Leonard S. Chess
Virginia Lee Corbin
Sandy Dvore
Mike Nussbaum
Susan Nussbaum
Richard Elrod
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Abe Saperstein
Harlem Globetrotters
Harry Sawyer
Jewish-American organized crime
Twin Cities
Dillinger
Barker-Karpis Gangs

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