The freeze in '89 killed them all graveyard dead.

He had no doubt that Merrin had called out to God here in this place while she was been raped and killed, in her heart if not with her voice. God's reply had been that due to the high volume of calls she could expect to be on hold until she was dead.

You can freeze them. This prevents any oxidation.

I murdered the beast inside but these fools dabbling in Necromancy.

The dead can't hurt you, they're dead. Living things can hurt you, living people can hurt you but the dead can't.

Jacob studied the iron graveyard, where every vehicle was its own gravestone. He drove slowly through, as if he was afraid to wake the dead. That was not it though. The general made it clear that they should fear the living.