BODY OF GANGSTER JOHN DILLINGER TO BE EXHUMED
<pi> This package/segment contains third party material. Unless otherwise noted, this material may only be used within this package/segment. Usage must cease on all platforms (including digital) within ten days of its initial delivery or such shorter time as designated by CNN. </pi>\n\n --SUPERS--\n:00 - :07\nTuesday\nIndianapolis\n\n:07 - :10\nGetty Images \n\n:10 - :12\nFBI\n\n:27 - :38\nGetty Images\n\n:39 - :48\nSusan Sutton\nIndiana Historical Society \n\n:54 - :56\nGetty Images\n\n1:10 - 1:22\nTwitter/Chicago FBI\n\n1:22 - 1:55\nFrom Universal Pictures "Public Enemies"\n\n --LEAD IN--\nHE MAY BE THE MOST FAMOUS BANK ROBBER IN U-S HISTORY -- BUT SOME PEOPLE SAY THE BODY IN JOHN DILLINGER'S GRAVE ISN'T REALLY HIS. \nNOW HIS FAMILY HAS BEEN GRANTED PERMISSION TO DIG HIM UP... AND MAKE SURE. \nC-N-N'S RYAN YOUNG HAS THE STORY. \n --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--\nAN OVER 85-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY SURROUNDING ONE DEPRESSION ERA MOBSTER HOPEFULLY WILL BE LAID TO REST LATER THIS YEAR.\nTHE NIECE AND NEPHEW OF JOHN DILLINGER, THE NOTORIOUS GANGSTER AND BANK ROBBER, WANT TO KNOW WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO THEIR INFAMOUS UNCLE.\nMIKE THOMPSON AND CAROL THOMPSON GRIFFITH, WERE GRANTED A PERMIT THIS WEEK BY THE INDIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EXHUME THE BODY LONG BELIEVED TO BE THEIR UNCLE.\nAND PERFORM TESTS TO SEE WHO REALLY WAS BURIED IN THIS GRAVE. \nTHE REQUEST FROM DILLINGER'S RELATIVES SURPRISED THE FBI SINCE DILLINGER'S BODY WAS IDENTIFIED SHORTLY AFTER THE 1934 SHOOTING BY HIS FATHER AND YOUNGER BROTHER.\nSusan Sutton, Indiana Historical Society \n"If the family, who survives, gives their okay to something like this it could put to rest some conspiracy theories."\nACCORDING TO THE FBI, DILLINGER WAS SHOT AND KILLED OUTSIDE THE BIOGRAPH THEATER IN CHICAGO AFTER SEEING A MOVIE WITH HIS THEN GIRLFRIEND. \nCONSPIRACY THEORISTS AND NOW MEMBERS OF DILLINGER'S FAMILY SAY THEY DON'T BELIEVE THE MAN BURIED IN THIS GRAVE IS INDEED THE INFAMOUS MOB BOSS.\nTHE FBI IS CERTAIN THEY GOT THEIR MAN, SAYING IN A TWEET:\n"ON JULY 22, 1934, FBI AGENTS SHOT AND KILLED THE NOTORIOUS GANGSTER JOHN DILLINGER, BRINGING ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE GANGSTER ERA."\nNatsot\n"What is it you actually do for a living?" \n"John Dillinger, and I rob banks."\nINTEREST IN ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST NOTORIOUS CRIMINALS REMAINS HIGH. \nHOLLYWOOD HAS CAPITALIZED ON THAT INTEREST SINCE DILLINGER'S DEATH, RECRUITING STARS SUCH AS JOHNNY DEEP TO PLAY THE GANGSTER IN THE 2009 FILM PUBLIC ENEMIES.\nNatsot\n"That's why we're on top of the world. No, I ain't going nowhere, neither are you." \nBUT NOW, THE BODY BURIED IN DILLINGER'S GRAVE WILL BE MOVED DURING AN EXHUMATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HISTORY CHANNEL. \nWHO IS WORKING ON A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HIS LIFE AND DEATH.\nTHE FBI IS CONFIDENT THEY KILLED DILLINGER, SAYING FINGERPRINTS AND FACIAL FEATURES MATCH WHAT IS IN THEIR OFFICIAL CASE FILES. \nBUT THAT HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH TO QUIET THE CONSPIRACY THEORISTS. \nNOW THAT DILLINGER'S BODY WILL BE EXHUMED IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, MAYBE THE MYSTERY SURROUNDING WHO WAS BURIED IN DILLINGER'S GRAVE WILL BE PUT TO REST ONCE AND FOR ALL. \nRYAN YOUNG, CNN CHICAGO.\n -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\nINDIANA INDIANAPOLIS JOHN DILLINGER GANGSTER BANK ROBBER\n\n