Knowing where the bodies are buried

I would have thought Marcello wouldn't have had a problem with such a thing.

Specifically, Marcello thought workers may unearth human bones, knowing his luxury condo near North Rampart and Toulouse streets sat on part of the city's first burial grounds.

So Marcello hired Ryan Gray, an archaeologist, to do a test dig in April 2010. Four feet down, Gray's shovel struck wood.

It was the first of what would turn out to be 15 coffins from the old St. Peter Cemetery that had to be removed to make way for the pool.