An Oklahoma mother grieving the death of her son was stunned to find someone had done the unthinkable, stealing Christmas decorations from his grave.

Kimberley Marlow lost her 6-year old son 3 years ago. Every Christmas she decorates his grave with a tree. This year, just two days after she put it up, it disappeared.

The tree was decorated with irreplaceable ornaments, handpicked by her son before he died. "I just can't fathom the kind of person that would be able to do that, I just can't. If we could get the tree back, I would be extremely grateful."

It happened between Monday night or Tuesday morning. The tree was taken from Garden of the Angels at Floral Haven Cemetery in Broken Arrow. It has silver bells and children's NASCAR ornaments.

She’s hoping someone with information will contact the cemetery or even just anonymously bring the tree back.

(from KOTV News)

There are some sick people out there, that is horrid.

You'd just like to get your hnads on some people, huh?

You ain't kidding.

Stealing from a grave has got to be the lowest of the low. What kind of "person" does such a thing?

Sounds very creepy. It's times like this when I try very hard to remind myself that I cannot know the circumstances of another person and will try not to judge. It isn't easy.

Unbelievable. I know of some other incidents where flowers and "eternal flame lights" and flags have been stolen in acts of vandalism. But a child's Christman ornaments? Beyond despicable!

I think there is only a firm belief in Karma catching up to people who have done this to hold onto.
I think they'll get caught some day, but probably not by law enforcement but by someone whom they've cheated or stolen from, and get their comeuppance.

One can only hope that there is karma for people like this.

I just remembered a news story here over the summer. A woman and her 5 year-old daughter were caught stealing decorations from graves. The woman turned over hundreds of grave decorations when she was arrested. She said her daughter had picked up a stuffed bear while they were visiting a cemetery and she decided to make it a game! Now, what kind of mother catches her child stealing, from a grave no less, then decides to turn theft into a game?

The flags are usually stolen by people looking to cash in on the copper. Sick, sick, sick.

How sad. Wonder what the world is coming to.

We had our copper house number stolen off the wall - also sold for cash. Think they should nab the junk dealers who buy the stuff from the thieves.

This is pitiful stuff to ponder. While I so admire the mother's need to honor her child that way it really is questionable judgement to put irreplaceable tokens out in a public place, despite the honorable intentions behind such a move (and I'm not happy to say so, believe me). I think that one year we went through some five of those (not valuable/expensive/cherished) wreaths you stand on graves in less than two weeks at my Dad's grave. They were absolutely worthless in terms of tangible value - but they got filched anyway. It was unnerving and a sad statement about those who, as we must rightly imagine, scope out cemeteries for stuff (and anything will do, considering what they take) to steal. Now I pay tribute to all my lost loved ones with candles INSIDE my window at home, which is a shame. But, I guess, the tributes/life celebrations are the same. Just conducted in a safe, theft-free and less public venue.

Considering the shape of the world today, I would have to agree with you Gatsby. My anger and outrage blinded me to that. Thank you for pointing that out. We all know it's a sad sick world out there, so why invite misery?

A friend of mine drowned at the river a few years ago. Family members built a memorial near the spot where his body was found. Vandals all but destroyed it. The county respected it but was unable to get their tractor around it to mow so the site became overgrown. I rebuilt the site using concrete and metal posts. But still it's such a shame to know people lack respect.

Without going into detail, I'll say that as a native American, these things deeply disturb me. All things are connected and all life (even through death) is sacred.

You have no idea how bad I want to find out who committed these senseless acts of crime.

On the other hand, able, maybe it's best not to know. The knowledge might lead to trouble, and I'm sure that's the last thing your friend would've wanted for you.

Edited to add: Your frustration would only be worse, too, if the vandals weren't prosecuted fully, but received a slap on the wrist as crims often get from the court system these days.

You are correct. That knowledge would definitely lead to trouble. They would pray to a thousand gods for prosecution if they only knew what I would do to them, what I know my friend would do for me.

There is a balance on earth that needs correcting. Blood in, blood out!

Just noticed these posts today. I would bet this grieving mother wanted to do something that she felt her son would like. After all she can't have him here with her on Earth to buy toys and enjoy his presence Christmas morning. I would bet she believed, as I do, that the cemetarys is sacred ground -- not just a public place with security patrol. And since it seems she has put up a tree every year since his death, there would be a safe feeling in that it would not be taken nor vandalized.

I found reading about the Christmas tree theft very up-setting. I am very willing to give most people the benefit of doubt, but to steal from a grave, to me personally that is sacrilegious. To me there is absolutely no reason good enough to condone such actions! If the reasoning is to give to someone else, do you really believe they'd want something off of a grave? I think not. I'll pray that mother gets the tree and ornaments back intact and soon.

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