While the option can save families a lot of money, it also appeals to wealthy people who value privacy and worry that a body or box of ashes might be stolen or even held for ransom.

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The body was wrapped in a shroud and placed inside a wooden box with a Styrofoam lid that was itself inside a concrete vault.

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Still, after another hike in procurement costs last autumn, the Japan Corrugated Association, the industry body, called on its members to start raising cardboard-box prices.

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Prosecutors also claim that Mr Gamla then dismantled items of furniture, constructed a box around Mr Ciania and pushed the box against the wall in a attempt to conceal the man's body.

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Danny Murphy split two defenders with a pass to the edge of the box to Zamora and after his cute lay-off, Gera lashed under the body of Pyatov from an angle on the left.

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