The graves of former President Gerald Ford and the first lady of Betty Ford vandalized in Michigan, according to the police



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Michigan authorities are asking for help to identify two people captured in front of a camera ransacking the gravesites of former President Gerald R. Ford and former First Lady Betty Ford, last week.

The Grand Rapids Police Department said on Facebook that the incident occurred around 4 pm. March 27 on the property of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum in Grand Rapids.

In the surveillance images released by the police, one can see a man and a woman arrive on the property on skateboards.

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After launching the skateboards towards the site, we can see the couple sitting on a wall while he seems to be trying to extract the letters.

A man and a woman who are trying to remove a letter on the grave of former President Gerald Ford and First Lady Betty Ford at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

A man and a woman who are trying to remove a letter on the grave of former President Gerald Ford and First Lady Betty Ford at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
(Grand Rapids Police Service)

The two suspects finally removed the letter "E" from the word "committed" on the wall of the burial place, where is written the phrase "Lives devoted to God, the homeland and love", as well as the names of the are born and died.

Museum officials told FOX17 that they had to spend $ 400 to replace the stolen letter.

"The president and the first lady are buried here, it's a presidential tomb," said Joel Westphal, deputy director of the museum, at FOX17. "There are not many presidential burials, we are one of the 14 presidential museums in the country."

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The former president died in December 2006 at the age of 93 years. The former first lady died in 2011, also at the age of 93.

Former President Gerald Ford and First Lady Betty Ford are buried at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Former President Gerald Ford and First Lady Betty Ford are buried at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Museum officials said they hoped the two suspects would soon be found and that they considered the act as an extreme vandalism. They are also considering further legal action against the pair, reported FOX17.

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Anyone with information about suspects is asked to contact the Grand Rapids Police Department at 616-456-3836 or 616-456-3989 or Silent Observer at 616-774-2345.

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