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A 911 call led police to Bushwick where a casket had been discovered on the street with bones inside. Police from the 83rd Precinct tweeted out a photo of the deteriorated coffin, which turned up

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A 911 call led police to Bushwick where a casket had been discovered on the street with bones inside. Police from the 83rd Precinct tweeted out a photo of the deteriorated coffin, which turned up

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