A woman dug up her father 's grave in search of his 'real will ' but found only vodka and cigarettes . Melanie Nash , 53 , was one of four accused in the plan to open Eddie Nash 's vault in Colebrook , then rifle through his casket last May in a scene a prosecutor compared to an Edgar Allan Poe story . Police said she felt she was shorted in her share of the inheritance after her father died in 2004 . They did n't find a will in the casket . Plot : Melanie Nash ( left ) , 52 , is pleaded guilty to conspiring to remove her father Eddie 's remains from Colebrook Village Cemetery in New Hampshire in May of last year . Mr Nash ( right ) died of a heart attack in 2005 . Ransacked : The vault of Mr Nash was found cracked with the casket opened and his remains ransacked . His body was left intact . Nash , who faced trial in March , instead agreed to plead guilty to charges of criminal mischief , interference with a cemetery , conspiracy and abuse of a corpse on Monday . Her sentencing is scheduled for May 5 . Two others pleaded guilty ; a third person was acquitted . Melanie Nash told police : 'All this was done for the right reasons and I know my father would be OK with it ' Nash told police she did not receive anything when her father died and had been thinking of digging up the grave for years to prove that her sister , Susie Nash , 'hid the will . ' Susie Nash has said there was only one will when her father 's estate plan was done in 1995 and everyone involved knew about it . In a written statement to police last June , Melanie Nash wrote that she met up with the others to go to the cemetery . She wrote : 'All this was done for the right reasons and I know my father would be OK with it . ' She ended her statement with : 'What we all did was to dig up my father 's coffin , Eddie Nash , looking for documents . We did it with respect . ' However , after ransacking her father 's remains , Nash found only a packet of cigarettes in his hand , a police affidavit said . 'You hear of grave robbing 100 , 150 years ago , ' Jenkins and Newman Funeral Home Director Michael Pearson told the station WMUR last year . Successful : Mr Nash , a one-time dairy farmer , started a successful heavy equipment business in 1979 , still run by his family . 'You do n't think of it in 2014 . ' Her lawyer argued her statements were given before she was informed of her right against self-incrimination . But a judge ruled that she freely came to the police station after a warrant had been issued for her arrest and voluntarily gave her statements . Mr Nash died of a heart attack at 68 , started an equipment business in 1979 still run by his family . Mr Nash , a one-time dairy farmer , started a successful heavy equipment business in 1979 , still run by his family . The Colebrook-based company , which employs 30 workers , sells second-hand backhoes , skidders and dozers all over the U.S. and Canada . After her sister pleaded guilty , Susie Nash told The Caledonian Record that she is relieved the case is at last resolved but that the effects will linger . 'It still leaves an impact on you , ' she said . 'Every time I visit the cemetery , I will be thinking of this . ' Mr Nash has since been reburied .
Melanie Nash , 53 , was accused in the plan to open Eddie Nash 's vault in Colebrook . The court heard that she had been a member of the group for about two years and would have access to all the money stored at the vault. Mr. Nash had been a successful entrepreneur , starting a farm equipment business still operating today .