Patrick Sullivan died almost a year ago, and while most families would be using the last 11 months to grieve the loss of their loved one, Patrick’s family hasn’t been able to.
They can’t find his body.
“I couldn’t believe it. I said you’ve got to be joking,” says Michelle Sullivan, Patrick’s sister. “If you don’t know today where he’s at, you’re not going to know tomorrow until you dig him up.”
Chanell Calloway is Patrick Sullivan’s niece. She says the family bought a plot at Sacred Heart Cemetery on the east side of Detroit to lay her uncle to rest before he passed away of cancer.
At first, the manager of the cemetery told the family Patrick’s body was against the fence as they drove in, so they made a wreath to commemorate him until the headstone was finished.
But when the tombstone company came to deliver and place the headstone, the manager of the cemetery told the company to leave it outside the gate because he would place it himself…