Puzzling Celebrity Deaths That Still Remain a Mystery Today

Stealing Back the Body

In a strange turn of events, Parsons' family arranged for his body to be returned to Louisiana for his funeral. However, Parsons' friends believed that his father was simply attempting to inherit his estate. In an effort to stop this from happening, his friends stole his body from the hospital and tried to cremate him in Joshua Tree using gasoline. Their attempts were unsuccessful, and his remains eventually ended up buried in Louisiana.

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