Family Claims Skulls Found in Stamford Were Stolen from Mausoleum

Stamford and Stratford Police are working to determine whether the two human skulls found at the Stamford Transfer Station on Halloween Eve were stolen from a Stratford mausoleum a decade ago.

According to a report, the unidentified family contacted Stamford Police over the weekend and now investigators are working to find out whether the skulls of an elderly man and an elderly female belong to the family.

The skulls were discovered Oct. 30 by a sanitation worker sifting through recyclables dumped by a Junkluggers crew who had been hired to haul away items from a home in Fairfield. The Fairfield homeowner hired the crew to take away items from the bedroom of his son who had recently passed away. The man told authorities that his son collected skulls and other materials related to satan and the occult, including books and movies on those topics which were found with the skulls.

According to the NBC Connecticut report, the skulls were stolen about a decade ago from a mausoleum at St. Michael’s Cemetery in Stratford.

The NBC Connecticut report can be found here.

Contributed photo from Stamford Police.

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