Death brings out the best and the worst in people.  During times of death, family and friends can create acts of love they never knew they were capable of doing.  Acts such as forgiveness.  Acts of grace and kindness.

But, death also brings out the worst in people.  Or, rather it brings out the worst people.   Without fail, when there’s a tragedy, there’s crooks.  Like the people who set up fake charities for the victims of Sandy Hook, only to stash all the donations for themselves.  And like this women (the story is below her picture):

62-year-old Joyce Christie points out objects to police in front of her home on Bluebird Circle in Belfast Thursday afternoon.

“Solar lights, figurines, a little humming birds and decorative weather balls. Stuff like that,” listed Belfast Police Chief Michael McFadden.

Police say she stole them.

“She actually literally dug flowers up off of grave sites and replanted them here,” he said.

Sunday, police say a man went into the station to report items missing from his wife’s grave at Grove Cemetery.

“It was really kind of heartbreaking and I was angry for him. I believe that you better be able to put something on your loved one’s grave and have it be there a 100 years from then,” said Chief McFadden.

That man wasn’t the only victim.

We spoke to another man who found things missing from his wife’s grave Monday.

He asked to not have his face on camera.

He said, “My thoughts were between anger and disgust. I just can’t describe, I just can’t understand the type of people who would take things from peoples loved ones.”

Police brought him to Christie’s home. He identified two items taken.

“I’ve been on cloud nine this morning since we saw them. Very glad to be able to finally get them back,” said the victim.

 

You can read the rest of the story HERE.

I hope this woman can get some help.  Cause it just ain’t right.