2009年,公墓工人在挖掘了100多具尸体后被判定犯有转售地块罪,他们用摩斯证据证明墓地在不到一年前受到干扰。 In 2009, cemetery workers were convicted for reselling plots after exhuming over 100 bodies, with moss evidence proving the graves were disturbed less than a year before.

2009年,伊利诺伊州Burr Oak公墓的4名公墓工人因挖掘100多具尸体以转卖墓地而被定罪。 In 2009, four cemetery workers at Burr Oak Cemetery in Illinois were convicted of exhuming over 100 bodies to resell burial plots. 一个关键证据是与重新埋葬的遗骸一起发现的一团普通口袋苔藓。 A key piece of evidence was a clump of common pocket moss found with the reburied remains. 野外博物馆的植物学家Matt von Konrat博士认为这些苔胱不是重新埋葬地点的土生土长,而是附近阴暗地区的常见植物,表明它们来自原始坟墓。 Botanist Dr. Matt von Konrat of the Field Museum identified the moss as not native to the reburial site but common in a nearby shaded area, indicating it came from the original graves. 科学家通过分析摩斯的叶绿素活动,确定它被埋葬不到12个月,对被告关于罪行发生在多年前的说法进行了质疑。 By analyzing the moss’s chlorophyll activity, scientists determined it had been buried less than 12 months—undermining the defendants’ claim that the crime occurred years earlier. 这种植物证据在确保定罪方面至关重要,突出了植物科学在法医调查中的新作用。 This botanical evidence was pivotal in securing convictions, highlighting the emerging role of plant science in forensic investigations.