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Posted: Wed 6:11 PM, Aug 24, 2011
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Reporter: Kelly Asmuth Email
Updated: Wed 6:32 PM, Aug 24, 2011

Cemetery worker gets fired for dancing in grave

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - A burial worker is fired for dancing in a grave site at Grand Junction Memorial Gardens. Contract employee Christopher Redd says he was lip syncing to enter a radio contest to win Rock Jam tickets. He says his performance was on top of an empty vault that was to be filled with a coffin the next day. Redd says his immediate boss gave him permission, but he was fired anyway. The cemetery denies that Redd was ever given 'the okay' to use the grave for his music video. The incident is now under investigation by the Mesa County Sheriff's Office.

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  • by Parwez Location: South Africa on Oct 4, 2011 at 02:34 AM
    Aww man. I can so relate to this guy. He should be given back his job so he can do more insane music videos
  • by Seriously People? Location: Grand Junction on Aug 25, 2011 at 05:28 PM
    Have we gotten so uptight and PC that a young man trying to win tickets to a Rock Concert is cause for employment termination? Thank you 95ROCK for taking care of the tickets.. and to this man's ex supervisor?... Pull the stick out of your behind!!!!
  • by Anonymous Location: america on Aug 25, 2011 at 05:21 PM
    guy is an idiot----- you really need to lighten up, this guy has made more people smile over this. the only way you could make people smile, is to move. Slack up Moron!
  • by maggie on Aug 25, 2011 at 04:14 PM
    give the guy his job back . there was no harm done . and no body in the hole in the ground . let it go . whos the idiot that turned him in??? to many do gooders .
  • by anchorman Location: Grand Junction on Aug 25, 2011 at 03:18 PM
    Okay, the gentleman made a mistake, but not something that harmed anyone or anything. He didn't steal, didn't damage, etc. Lighten up G.J. and let's resolve more serious issues facing this community. This is a non issue!
  • by Diamond Dave Location: Grand Jct on Aug 25, 2011 at 02:16 PM
    Did he peed?
  • by Hero Location: GJ on Aug 25, 2011 at 02:04 PM
    Give the guy some Rock Jam Tickets already! Whatever contest it was, I'm sure he has already beaten the competition. Oh and give him back his depressing job; geez dead people don't give a rat's behind, in fact, it may have brightened a nanosecond in someone's eternity.
  • by jen Location: grand junction on Aug 25, 2011 at 01:35 PM
    this is just insane. hes a good kid give the guy a break.
  • by Guy is an idiot on Aug 25, 2011 at 12:17 PM
    Would it be funny to him if he was digging the grave for a loved one? Doubt it. Disrespectful to anyone who has recently buried someone they love.
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      by BMC on Aug 25, 2011 at 12:42 PM in reply to Guy is an idiot
      Would you know if it was your "loved one" being buried in the vault he was dancing in? Even if you did, it that time it was dirt, would it really matter? While I think it is somewhat distastful, I don't believe he should have been fired.
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        by Guy is an idiot on Aug 25, 2011 at 01:26 PM in reply to BMC
        His friends say that their WAS in fact someone in the grave he was standing on. He is recanting now that he is on the spot. He also NEVER said, prior to getting in trouble, he did this to win RJ tickets...that is just recently made up.
  • by SJ Location: GJ on Aug 25, 2011 at 12:15 PM
    look, if the casket of one of his ex-inlaws (the only reason I'd dance on a grave) were in the hole I could see the uproar....seriously? why is this news and why is this man unemployed?

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