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February 20, 1997 Professor Finds Cadavers Stacked Like Crates In Garages The "We Stow U Owe" storage facility ARKHAM - Miskatonic University professor of the occult, Dr. Bernard Bustoffson found the corpses of 28 Far Eastern illegal immigrants crammed in three small garages on Monday, in what authorities first thought was a smuggling scam that went horribly wrong. The discovery Tuesday that the victims all had their hearts removed has forced police to conclude some other alternative must be possible. ``They all seem to have willingly allowed their hearts to be surgically removed from the chest cavity.'' he told Gazette reporters. He said the bodies were found in the self storage garages on Main Street by Dr. Bustoffson. There are no suspects yet in the case, especially since the garages were supposed to be vacant. Bustoffson claims the discovery was made while searching for a suitable place to store a Heppelwhite. See Crates, page A3 ARKHAM -- The parking garage situation in Arkham is looking to come to a head. Recent developments with the City Planners, Town Council, County Coroner's office, and Tom Redleather, Arkham's only living Wampanoag Indian have left residents wondering when they will ever get a place to park. Redleather argues that Arkham isn't large enough to warrant a parking garage, but opponents claim that the walk from Church Street to City Hall is too trying on senior citizens. The question of what tribe actually rests under the site of the new garage is also a bone of contention for several See Parking , page B1 Arkham Population Dwindling Moving Away or Just Missing? A startling census of the Arkham area has revealed a drop of almost 42% in the area's population since the early 1990s. The Massachusettes Census Bureau published the findings in their annual report. "The strange thing here is that we're unable to determine what has happened to these people," says Census representative Clyde Cummings. "If they moved away, then were are they?". See Dwindling, page C2