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In reply to the discussion: A question. Why is tRump's first wife buried in a coffin when she was cremated? Cremains take up very little room and [View all]canetoad
(20,497 posts)16. I've never understood
The suggestion that something was amiss with Ivana's death. She was a seventy-something woman with a steep and dangerous staircase. She fell. I just cannot see any value in her family or ex offing her. To all intents, she got on well with him and her kids in later years.
The coffin? Probably full of top secret files to be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
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A question. Why is tRump's first wife buried in a coffin when she was cremated? Cremains take up very little room and [View all]
debm55
Sunday
OP
But she was cremated so evidence could be determined from the cremains. But why a coffin and what else is in the coffin
debm55
Sunday
#6
Well neither the kids not the Pig.have much respect for her now. No cut grass. no flowers.
debm55
Sunday
#24
Because in New Jersey you get a tax break if you designate property as a cemetery.
Ocelot II
Sunday
#3
But why use a coffin? Her cremains could very easily be put in a vessel. So what else is in the coffin? Sorry, I have
debm55
Sunday
#8
That is what I was thinking. Tapes, pictures, videos, names of the the child abusers.
debm55
Sunday
#7
Surely there are easier and more effective/permanent ways to get rid of that sort of thing than
meadowlander
Sunday
#23
Snopes says that there's no evidence that she was cremated. It started on twitter as part of the buried documents stuff.
Princess Turandot
Sunday
#9
Because it is easy way to hide things. I wouldn't put it past that a-hole and his family.Thank you for the information
debm55
Sunday
#11
I've been of the opinion that there are lots of files of all sorts in that coffin so they would not be exposed.
Deuxcents
Sunday
#12
Dup'ed your post before I saw it. Exhumation higher bar than search warrant for sure.
CincyDem
Monday
#45
Oh yes, you can bury cremains. But they are placed in a small box. Not one the size of a coffin. MIL and FIL were both
debm55
Sunday
#20
Trump's not the kind of person to miss an opportunity to show off his wealth with an expensive coffin.
meadowlander
Sunday
#26
If I thought it was silly, I wouldn't have asked. I don't put anything over that ped.
debm55
Sunday
#28
As an older woman myself, I have long wondered why Ivana's 3 adult children did not protect their mother
No Vested Interest
Sunday
#31
The assertion that she was cremated is called by Snopes "A baseless conspiracy theory"
sarisataka
Sunday
#32