Overview
- Jonathan Gerlach’s public defender waived today’s preliminary hearing in Delaware County, and the case was continued for about three weeks.
- He faces hundreds of counts tied to alleged thefts from mausoleums and crypts at Mount Moriah Cemetery, where he was arrested in January.
- Investigators say searches of his Ephrata home and a nearby storage unit uncovered human remains including roughly 100 skeletons.
- Good Shepherd Memorial Mausoleum in Luzerne County has been linked to the probe after break-ins, with remains found near open crypts alongside items detailed in court documents.
- Families and local advocates are working to identify and relocate disturbed remains as authorities also review reports that Gerlach may have sold human bones online.