I was doing some research into my family's history and one thing has me vexed. According to a local newspaper one guy poured concrete over the graves of his children before leaving for a new US State. I can't understand this. At this point we're well beyond vampire scares and before zombies were a thing. Surely nobody buried babies with grave goods worth looting.

I'm making the assumption the father was Christian given context, so why make an attempt to seal the tombs? Leaving the community is clearly a clue, as it was coincidental with the act and years passed between the internment and the concreting. But why, though? Why? I just don't get it.