BOSTON — No cemetery in the Boston area will take the body of Tamerlan Tsarvaev, the first suspect in the Boston marathon bombings, who was killed in a shoot out with police three weeks ago.
The 26-year-old’s corpse currently lies in a Massachusett’s funeral home and his widow has refused to have anything to do with her husband.
Muslim burial rites were done by the estranged uncle Ruslan Tsarni and several men over the weekend. But the uncle did not claim the body.
However, a few other people in various regions across the country have also stepped forward with their ideas to help. A Kansas man and a Connecticut man have said they have a place for Tsarvaev’s eternal rest.
M.T. Ligget of Mullinsville says he’ll donate his own burial plot in the small community cemetery.
And in Hamden, Connecticut, the owner of a family plot is offering a place for Tsarvaey to be buried. But only under the condition that it’s donated in memory of his mother who taught him to “Love thine enemy.”
Massachusett’s Gov. Deval Patrick said Monday the question of what to do with the body is a “family issue.” He declined to say whether he thought it would be appropriate for the body to be buried in Massachusetts.
One community activist has also started a fund with the goal of collecting enough money to fly Tsarvaev’s corpse back to Russia.
William Breault said the cost would run between $3,000 and $7,000.
