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Recent Examples of exhumation
The case was solved years later through DNA evidence, along with the exhumation of the family dog, which prosecutors said Kovacich had kicked and beaten to death.
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Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
The exhumation and identification process took years.
—Débora Rey, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
The Placer County Sheriff's Office said its agency requested exhumation of her remains in 2011 in hopes that newer forensic techniques could identify her.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
The exhumation and identification process took years.
—ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
Melissa Winnie’s mother, Shirley Greathouse, had been the one to advocate for her sister’s exhumation.
—Audrey Abrahams, NBC news, 8 Mar. 2026
His 2019 Broadway revival of Oklahoma turned a show beloved as a celebration of the bright, enterprising nature of the American spirit into a menacing exhumation of the nation’s instinct toward self-mythologizing intolerance.
—Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
Indy, losers of six in a row, will start rookie QB Riley Leonard, thus ending the intriguing-yet-bizarre Philip Rivers exhumation.
—Greg Cote
january 1, Miami Herald, 1 Jan. 2026
With an appeal filed this week, Warner Bros TV is making another incision to stop the legal exhumation of The Pitt, and whether or not claims the Noah Wyle-starring Emmy-winning medical drama is a rip-off of ER will go to trial.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
The exhumation and identification process took years.
—Débora Rey, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
The Placer County Sheriff's Office said its agency requested exhumation of her remains in 2011 in hopes that newer forensic techniques could identify her.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
The exhumation and identification process took years.
—ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
Melissa Winnie’s mother, Shirley Greathouse, had been the one to advocate for her sister’s exhumation.
—Audrey Abrahams, NBC news, 8 Mar. 2026
His 2019 Broadway revival of Oklahoma turned a show beloved as a celebration of the bright, enterprising nature of the American spirit into a menacing exhumation of the nation’s instinct toward self-mythologizing intolerance.
—Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
Indy, losers of six in a row, will start rookie QB Riley Leonard, thus ending the intriguing-yet-bizarre Philip Rivers exhumation.
—Greg Cote
january 1, Miami Herald, 1 Jan. 2026
With an appeal filed this week, Warner Bros TV is making another incision to stop the legal exhumation of The Pitt, and whether or not claims the Noah Wyle-starring Emmy-winning medical drama is a rip-off of ER will go to trial.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Exhumation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhumation. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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