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Associated Press - November 11, 2009 6:14 PM ET
JACKSON, Mich. (AP) - A mid-Michigan cemetery has been ruled off-limits to ghost hunters looking into the unsolved murders of 4 people nearly 126 years ago.
The Jackson Citizen Patriot reports Randy Waltz and Denise Gowen-Krueger failed to get permission from officials in Jackson County's Spring Arbor Township to spend five hours Nov. 21 to Nov. 22 at the Crouch Cemetery, about 75 miles west of Detroit.
The board consulted with police and looked at township ordinances before denying the request Monday. It cited past noise, parking issues and neighbors' complaints about inappropriate behavior.
Buried in the cemetery are Jacob Crouch, his daughter, her husband and a man who was visiting the family when all were shot to death between Nov. 21 and Nov. 22 in 1883.
Information from: Jackson Citizen Patriot, http://www.mlive.com/jackson
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