A Kentucky man was caught in the act of
digging up the body of his long-dead father so
his dad "could go to heaven," authorities said —
and he said he would do it again.
Michael Dale May, 44, of Somerset was being
held Wednesday in the Lincoln County Regional
Jail on $1,000 cash bond on charges of violating
graves, public intoxication and possession of
marijuana. Court records indicate he has no
previous criminal record.
County Constable Delbert Mitchell told NBC
station WLEX of Lexington that he interrupted
May in the cemetery at Pilot Baptist Church in
Eubank near midnight Monday. "He started hollering out [Bible] verses at me,"
Mitchell said. "He told me he was trying to dig
his dad up so his dad could go to heaven."
In a jailhouse interview with WLEX, May
acknowledged that he was, indeed, trying to
exhume his father, who he said died more than
30 years ago. He said he'd done nothing wrong
and didn't believe he should be in jail because
he was obeying Scripture.
"I see the truth," said May, who didn't explain
what that Scripture was. "He needs to be on the
ground, not under it, not below it."
And he promised: "If the truth doesn't come out
and nobody sees the truth, yeah, I'll do it again."
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