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Police investigate desecration at Waianae Japanese Cemetery

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                                A pink lantern, above, allegedly stolen from a grave, hangs near a homeless campsite near the Waianae Japanese Cemetery, where police are investigating acts of desecration, says a woman whose family members are buried there.
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A pink lantern, above, allegedly stolen from a grave, hangs near a homeless campsite near the Waianae Japanese Cemetery, where police are investigating acts of desecration, says a woman whose family members are buried there.

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                                Above, headstones were found Sept. 13 knocked off from crypts at the cemetery.
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Above, headstones were found Sept. 13 knocked off from crypts at the cemetery.

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                                On Sept. 13 a large headstone, one of several, was toppled from a crypt at Waianae Japanese Cemetery. “It’s just so senseless,” said Myra Fujii, a member of the Teramoto family, whose crypt was among those found vandalized.
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On Sept. 13 a large headstone, one of several, was toppled from a crypt at Waianae Japanese Cemetery. “It’s just so senseless,” said Myra Fujii, a member of the Teramoto family, whose crypt was among those found vandalized.

COURTESY PHOTO
                                A pink lantern, above, allegedly stolen from a grave, hangs near a homeless campsite near the Waianae Japanese Cemetery, where police are investigating acts of desecration, says a woman whose family members are buried there.
COURTESY PHOTO
                                Above, headstones were found Sept. 13 knocked off from crypts at the cemetery.
COURTESY PHOTO
                                On Sept. 13 a large headstone, one of several, was toppled from a crypt at Waianae Japanese Cemetery. “It’s just so senseless,” said Myra Fujii, a member of the Teramoto family, whose crypt was among those found vandalized.