Whitney Houston's body to be 'encased in concrete to stop grave-robbers stealing $750,000 worth of diamonds she was buried in'

Late Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston's relatives are planning to encase her body in concrete to stop people stealing the £500,000 worth of jewellery she is buried with. At the moment the legendary singer's grave is under 24-hour guard at Fairview Cemetery in New Jersey but it is thought her mother Cissy can't afford to keep up the security.

Whitney was buried with a diamond brooch and earrings next to the body. A close family source is quoted by the Daily Star newspaper as saying: 'Cissy can't afford to keep paying guards forever. A concrete encasement is the only answer.'

A burial expert at Hollywood Forever, which houses the remains of a number of celebrities, believes encasing Whitney in concrete is a 'sensible move'. They said: 'It makes robbery virtually impossible. It would take a long time to get through, even with a pneumatic drill.'

Cissy Houston, 78, has also announced she wants to set the record straight about her daughter - who was found dead in a bath tub at the Beverly Hilton hotel in February aged 48 - and she has vowed to write a book publishing both the 'good' and 'bad' times in the 'I Will Always Love You' hitmaker's life.

She is quoted by the New York Times as saying: 'I want to stop the lies, It's going to be the bad. It's going to be the good.' Cissy has met a number of New York publishers about the tome, and she could reach a seven-figure deal depending on what she reveals about Whitney's drug issues and previous marriage to Bobby Brown. Dailynews UK