man driving a hearse that was stolen with a body in a casket from a Los Angeles-area church led police on a chase Thursday that ended in a crash on a freeway, officials said.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which a day before had urged whoever stole the black Lincoln Navigator to at least return the casket and the body, said the body was in the vehicle after the chase Thursday morning.
"Huge THANK YOU to the good samaritan that called law enforcement when they saw the stolen vehicle," the sheriff's department tweeted. "We also want to send condolences to the family members of the deceased person, who had to deal with this tragedy."
