Police in Lakeville, Massachusetts, are investigating the theft of a historic gravestone that marked the burial of a Wampanoag man.
The circa-1872 gravestone of Thomas Smith went missing from the Lakeville Town Forest last fall. Details of its recovery haven't been made public.
The gravestone is in the hands of a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe until officials can find a safe place for it. The tribe is holding onto three other gravestones that were removed from the forest to protect them from theft.
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