Members of John Dillinger’s family have called off their efforts to exhume the Depression-era gangster’s body.

The body of notorious 1930s gangster John Dillinger is expected to be exhumed from an Indianapolis cemetery in September more than 85 years after he was killed by FBI agents outside a Chicago theater.

The Depression-era gangster’s bid to change his appearance through plastic surgery while evading authorities helped feed rumors that FBI agents shot and buried a Dillinger double in 1934.

After worldwide publicity, the planned exhumation of notorious American outlaw John Dillinger from an Indiana grave has hit a hard spot: the law.

The Indiana State Department of Health approved a permit for Dillinger's nephew to have the body exhumed from an Indianapolis cemetery and reinterred there.

The body of notorious 1930s gangster John Dillinger is expected to be exhumed from an Indianapolis cemetery in September more than 85 years after he was killed by FBI agents outside a Chicago theater.

Family members of Hoosier bank robber John Dillinger have dropped their lawsuit seeking rights to open his grave at Crown Hill Cemetery.

INDIANAPOLIS — The body of notorious 1930s gangster John Dillinger is expected to be exhumed in September at an Indianapolis cemetery but it could be a tough job because his grave is encased in ...

This April 20, 2016 photo shows the gravesite of John Dillinger, a famous Depression-era gangster, at the Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.

Indianapolis – The body of notorious 1930s gangster John Dillinger is expected to be exhumed in September from a concrete-encased grave at an Indianapolis cemetery more than 85 years after he ...