Body of evidence: hearse with a corpse stolen from outside church

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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced late Wednesday that a casket with a corpse inside was taken as part of a car theft outside a church in unincorporated Pasadena, Calif.

In a tweet that has since gone viral, the sheriff’s office pleaded with whoever stole the hearse, a black Lincoln Navigator, to do the right thing and return the dead person’s body.

“Out of all the bad decisions you have made, at least make one good one & bring back the deceased person & casket inside the Navigator,” the sheriff’s office wrote.

Deputy Marvin Crowder confirmed to The Washington Post on Thursday that the deceased is an adult female, but police have yet to identify her.

“We don’t know who it is just yet,” Crowder said.

The Navigator was parked in front of Saint Anthony Greek Orthodox Church around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday. The driver, a local mortician, had two bodies in the back of the hearse, Crowder said. The plan was to drop off one of the caskets at the church and head to the next stop.

But the plan drastically changed when the mortician exited the church shortly after 8 p.m.