Chicago mobster's grave exhumed days after premier of 'Mob Wives Chicago'
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FBI mug shot of Frank Schweihs.
CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) -
On Tuesday morning, the casket of notorious Chicago killer Frank ''The German'' Schweihs was exhumed from a south suburban cemetery.
According to police, Schweihs' daughter, Nora, wants to verify that the body buried after his death in 2008 was indeed that of the famous Mafiosi.
Schweihs obtained a court order from Cook County Judge Michael B. Hyman granting her legal permission to have the remains dug up and lab tests conducted on the corpse.
Schweihs is currently a cast member on the VH1 reality show "Mob Wives Chicago." The first episode aired Sunday, during which she said it was her goal to correct what she believes are public misperceptions about her late father, who was known as a ruthless killer behind the death of Marilyn Monroe.
Schweihs alleges that the FBI confiscated her father's body at the time of his death, July 23, 2008. He was serving a federal prison sentence at the time and under indictment in the Operation: Family Secrets mob murder case.
The body was exhumed this morning from St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery at 87th and Hamlin in Evergreen Park.
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FBI mug shot of Frank Schweihs.
