( CNN ) -- The difficult question of where Tamerlan Tsarnaev 's body would be laid to rest appears to have been settled . The remains of the slain Boston Marathon bombings suspect have been entombed thanks to a `` courageous and compassionate individual ( who ) came forward , '' police in Worcester , Massachusetts , said Thursday . Police did not say where the remains were entombed but did say that they are `` no longer in the city of Worcester , '' where the body had been at a funeral home while a relative and officials tried to determine what to do . The city 's police chief `` thanks the community that provided the burial site , '' police said in a written statement . Tsarnaev 's mother , meanwhile , appeared confused by the announcement . Speaking to CNN from Russia by phone Thursday evening , Zubeidat Tsarnaev said she did n't know whether her son was buried or where . `` I have no idea what is going on , '' she said . `` They say he is buried , and then he is not . It 's crazy . ( I hear it 's been ) authorized , and then it is not done yet . `` I am really sad , really dead inside . '' Tsarnaev 's uncle Ruslan Tsarni confirmed Thursday afternoon that his nephew is buried outside of Massachusetts and that he has not told Tsarnaev 's parents where . He also said that there was no second autopsy : `` I did not do that , I did not do anything . '' What would happen to the body of the man who , along with his younger brother , Dzhokhar , was accused of setting off two deadly explosions at the Boston Marathon on April 15 had been a nearly monthlong puzzle . What did suspect 's widow know ? The body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev , killed in a police pursuit days after the bombings , went unclaimed for nearly two weeks . The funeral home in Worcester -- about 40 miles west of downtown Boston -- eventually accepted the remains , and Tsarni worked with the funeral home on what to do next . Tsarni asked several cemeteries , including a Muslim site in Enfield , Connecticut , to take his nephew 's remains . Imam Mohamed Haidara , whose mosque oversees that cemetery , said Tsarnaev 's remains are not in that city . Enfield Town Manager Matt Coppler said Haidara assured him that Tsarnaev is not there . Picketers in Worcester made it clear they did n't want the body buried there , with one holding a sign that read , `` Bury the garbage in the landfill . '' And the city manager of Cambridge , where Tsarnaev lived , said he would not allow Tsarnaev to be buried in the city , asserting that possible protests and media coverage would disrupt the community . Peter Stefan , owner of the Worcester funeral home , said earlier this week that managers of three cemeteries told him they feared reprisals . It also appeared that sending the body overseas was an unlikely option -- Tamerlan Tsarnaev 's parents in the Russian region of Dagestan said they would not fly his body back to Russia for burial , citing passport problems , spokeswoman Heda Saratova said . Tsarni said he is satisfied that the ordeal is over . CNN 's Nick Paton Walsh , Paula Newton and Ashley Fantz contributed to this report .
NEW : Uncle says nephew is buried out of state and there was no second autopsy . A `` courageous ... individual '' stepped forward , Dagestan police say . Police have n't revealed the location where CNN body was entombed . Tsarnaev , two of one Boston Marathon bombing suspects , was slain in a police pursuit .