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[AdeleneDawner]

I have a dwarf who got caught in a cage trap and dehydrated to death, and I can't seem to get the corpse out to bury it.

I know this comes up regularly, but I've tried all the advice I've seen about it, and nothing's working. The corpse has been marked for dumping, and I made a burrow for the cage and the garbage dump area and assigned all my dwarves to it with all the hauling labors active - no go. I tried building the cage and hooking it up to a lever - no go. I even tried forbidding all the other cages and building a cage trap for it to be installed in, since someone on an old thread said that their dwarves emptied a cage that way once. Unsurprisingly, it didn't work.

Is there anything else I can try, or is my fortress doomed to be haunted forever?

[I am Leo]

I believe if you build the cage then designate the dwarf within to be dumped than he'll be removed.

Alternately, build a slab at your masons workshop and have it engraved at the craftdwarfs workshop, then build the slab. It's an alternative to coffins when you don't have a corpse.

[AdeleneDawner]

He's not listed in the engraving list because the corpse hasn't been discovered yet.

I'll try building the cage and re-burrowing my populace, 'sec.

Edit: Yes! That did it. Thank you!