In a shocking incident in Vietnam, a man stole his uncle’s skull and bones from a grave in an attempt to extort money from the deceased man’s family to settle his gambling debts. 37-year-old Luu Thanh Nam from Thanh Hoa province used a shovel to dig a hole in his uncle’s grave, removing some of his remains and hiding them in a nearby pile of rubbish. The deceased, father of Nam’s cousin, had passed away four years earlier.
After an investigation, Nam was identified as the perpetrator and confessed to the crime, blaming his overwhelming gambling debts as the motive behind his actions.