Hearse stolen outside Pasadena church with woman's corpse inside crashes on 110 Freeway

PASADENA, Calif. - A hearse that was stolen outside a Pasadena church with a woman's corpse inside was involved in a short pursuit before it crashed on the 110 Freeway Thursday morning, officials said.

Shortly after 8 p.m. Wednesday, a mortician parked an SUV customized for mortuaries outside Saint Anthony Greek Orthodox Church located in the 700 block of Rosemead Boulevard to deliver another body for an upcoming memorial service. While inside the church, someone stole the customized black Lincoln Navigator SUV, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.

Officials say the deceased body inside the hearse was not connected to the church.

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