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Cemetery Sleuth, Case #25 Mystery Cache

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-allenite-: As there has been no response from owner regarding my previous note, I'm archiving this cache. Please note that if geocaches are archived by a reviewer or Geocaching HQ for lack of maintenance, they are not eligible for unarchival.

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Hidden : 2/10/2011
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Cemetery Sleuth, Case #25 - Missing at Forest Hill
The cache is not at the posted coordinates, but it's nearby.

The posted coordinates will bring you to the entrance of Forest Hill Cemetery in Ann Arbor. Once there, find the exact spot where the photograph below was taken. Then identify which gravestone is missing from the picture and use the information found on that stone to complete the final coordinates for the cache.

The cache is not located on or connected to any grave site or marker. Please be respectful of the church and cemetery grounds as well as the state's dawn-to-dusk rule. Honoring mourners' privacy ranks higher in priority than getting that smiley, so if it appears that the cemetery is busy, please come back another day.


If you are caching paperless, don't forget to take this photo with you.


Solve for N 42° A.BCD, W 83° E.FG, where:

A = Number of letters in OWH's job plus number of people featured on this gravestone
B = Last digit of ACH's birth year plus last digit of ACH's death year
C = Birth year listed for OWH
D = Number of occurences of the letter W on this gravestone
E = Last two digits of the final year of OWH's position minus ACH's month of death
F = Number of syllables in OWH's full name
G = ACH's age at death minus the total number of letters in ACH's full name


Congratulations to Paddling Pirates on their FTF!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

N pebbx arne Trbetr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)