Several mausoleums were burglarized and damaged at the Memorial Gardens in Barangay Lumbia here, ahead of the observance of All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day or ‘Undas.’
Merlyn Taghoy, who visited to the cemetery on Monday, October 27, to clean the family mausoleum, noticed that neighboring mausoleums had missing iron window grills, doors and even galvanized iron roofs.
She said such was not the case during her previous visit last September 24.
she said there were also signs of a failed attempt to saw off the iron grills of their family mausoleum.
Guia Apostol, who posted a similar complaint on social media, said burglars took practically all the grills from their family mausoleum.
Cemetery caretaker Boy Santiago counted at least 30 mausoleums with missing iron grills and roofs.
Lt. Col. Jerwin Cagurin, Pagadian City police chief, said they immediately conducted an investigation and found out that the culprits are minors