“I think it’s obscene,” Sue Artiga, one of the owners of the plots, said while speaking to local outlet WFLA
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- A Florida couple said they were told the cemetery plots they purchased in 2006 may already contain graves
- Sue and James Artiga said the City of Tampa initially declined to refund them their $1,800 purchase price, which Sue called “obscene,” while speaking to local news outlet WFLA
- The city eventually issued the couple a full refund, according to the couple
A Florida couple got an unwelcome surprise when they learned that the cemetery plots they had purchased nearly two decades ago may already contain human remains.
Sue and James Artiga say they bought two burial plots at Woodlawn Cemetery in Tampa in 2006, according to local news outlet WFLA.
After moving away from the area, the couple said they planned to sell the plots online, transfer ownership to the buyers and use the profit to make different end-of-life arrangements…