diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/status.tsx b/app/soapbox/components/status.tsx
index 8456a46a4..0c1a7be59 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/status.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/status.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import StatusMedia from './status-media';
 import StatusReplyMentions from './status-reply-mentions';
 import SensitiveContentOverlay from './statuses/sensitive-content-overlay';
 import StatusInfo from './statuses/status-info';
+import Tombstone from './tombstone';
 import { Card, Icon, Stack, Text } from './ui';
 
 import type {
@@ -388,6 +389,17 @@ const Status: React.FC<IStatus> = (props) => {
 
   const isUnderReview = actualStatus.visibility === 'self';
   const isSensitive = actualStatus.hidden;
+  const isSoftDeleted = status.tombstone?.reason === 'deleted';
+
+  if (isSoftDeleted) {
+    return (
+      <Tombstone
+        id={status.id}
+        onMoveUp={(id) => onMoveUp ? onMoveUp(id) : null}
+        onMoveDown={(id) => onMoveDown ? onMoveDown(id) : null}
+      />
+    );
+  }
 
   return (
     <HotKeys handlers={handlers} data-testid='status'>
diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/tombstone.tsx b/app/soapbox/components/tombstone.tsx
index 6c6a2a6f9..b92fb7e70 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/tombstone.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/tombstone.tsx
@@ -19,10 +19,17 @@ const Tombstone: React.FC<ITombstone> = ({ id, onMoveUp, onMoveDown }) => {
 
   return (
     <HotKeys handlers={handlers}>
-      <div className='focusable flex items-center justify-center border border-solid border-gray-200 bg-gray-100 p-9 dark:border-gray-800 dark:bg-gray-900 sm:rounded-xl' tabIndex={0}>
-        <Text>
-          <FormattedMessage id='statuses.tombstone' defaultMessage='One or more posts are unavailable.' />
-        </Text>
+      <div className='h-16'>
+        <div
+          className='focusable flex h-[42px] items-center justify-center rounded-lg border-2 border-gray-200 text-center'
+        >
+          <Text theme='muted'>
+            <FormattedMessage
+              id='statuses.tombstone'
+              defaultMessage='One or more posts are unavailable.'
+            />
+          </Text>
+        </div>
       </div>
     </HotKeys>
   );
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/status/components/thread-status.tsx b/app/soapbox/features/status/components/thread-status.tsx
index 8f3e5b249..442bae0e3 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/status/components/thread-status.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/status/components/thread-status.tsx
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ const ThreadStatus: React.FC<IThreadStatus> = (props): JSX.Element => {
 
     return (
       <div
-        className={clsx('thread__connector', {
-          'thread__connector--top': isConnectedTop,
-          'thread__connector--bottom': isConnectedBottom,
+        className={clsx('absolute left-5 z-[1] hidden w-0.5 bg-gray-200 rtl:left-auto rtl:right-5 dark:bg-primary-800', {
+          '!block top-[calc(12px+42px)] h-[calc(100%-42px-8px-1rem)]': isConnectedBottom,
         })}
       />
     );
diff --git a/app/soapbox/normalizers/status.ts b/app/soapbox/normalizers/status.ts
index 17a23b19e..a207b0434 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/normalizers/status.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/normalizers/status.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
 import { normalizeAttachment } from 'soapbox/normalizers/attachment';
 import { normalizeEmoji } from 'soapbox/normalizers/emoji';
 import { normalizeMention } from 'soapbox/normalizers/mention';
-import { cardSchema, pollSchema } from 'soapbox/schemas';
+import { cardSchema, pollSchema, tombstoneSchema } from 'soapbox/schemas';
 
 import type { ReducerAccount } from 'soapbox/reducers/accounts';
 import type { Account, Attachment, Card, Emoji, Group, Mention, Poll, EmbeddedEntity } from 'soapbox/types/entities';
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ export const EventRecord = ImmutableRecord({
   links: ImmutableList<Attachment>(),
 });
 
+interface Tombstone {
+  reason: 'deleted'
+}
+
 // https://docs.joinmastodon.org/entities/status/
 export const StatusRecord = ImmutableRecord({
   account: null as EmbeddedEntity<Account | ReducerAccount>,
@@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ export const StatusRecord = ImmutableRecord({
   sensitive: false,
   spoiler_text: '',
   tags: ImmutableList<ImmutableMap<string, any>>(),
+  tombstone: null as Tombstone | null,
   uri: '',
   url: '',
   visibility: 'public' as StatusVisibility,
@@ -116,6 +121,15 @@ const normalizeStatusPoll = (status: ImmutableMap<string, any>) => {
   }
 };
 
+const normalizeTombstone = (status: ImmutableMap<string, any>) => {
+  try {
+    const tombstone = tombstoneSchema.parse(status.get('tombstone').toJS());
+    return status.set('tombstone', tombstone);
+  } catch (_e) {
+    return status.set('tombstone', null);
+  }
+};
+
 // Normalize card
 const normalizeStatusCard = (status: ImmutableMap<string, any>) => {
   try {
@@ -246,6 +260,7 @@ export const normalizeStatus = (status: Record<string, any>) => {
       fixContent(status);
       normalizeFilterResults(status);
       normalizeDislikes(status);
+      normalizeTombstone(status);
     }),
   );
 };
diff --git a/app/soapbox/schemas/index.ts b/app/soapbox/schemas/index.ts
index 8e20c0d05..1fa8ac5b4 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/schemas/index.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/schemas/index.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export { pollSchema, type Poll, type PollOption } from './poll';
 export { relationshipSchema, type Relationship } from './relationship';
 export { statusSchema, type Status } from './status';
 export { tagSchema, type Tag } from './tag';
+export { tombstoneSchema, type Tombstone } from './tombstone';
 
 // Soapbox
 export { adSchema, type Ad } from './soapbox/ad';
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diff --git a/app/soapbox/schemas/status.ts b/app/soapbox/schemas/status.ts
index 00fa6d483..ea55d5085 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/schemas/status.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/schemas/status.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ import { pollSchema } from './poll';
 import { tagSchema } from './tag';
 import { contentSchema, dateSchema, filteredArray } from './utils';
 
+const tombstoneSchema = z.object({
+  reason: z.enum(['deleted']),
+});
+
 const baseStatusSchema = z.object({
   account: accountSchema,
   application: z.object({
@@ -46,6 +50,7 @@ const baseStatusSchema = z.object({
   sensitive: z.coerce.boolean(),
   spoiler_text: contentSchema,
   tags: filteredArray(tagSchema),
+  tombstone: tombstoneSchema.nullable().optional(),
   uri: z.string().url().catch(''),
   url: z.string().url().catch(''),
   visibility: z.string().catch('public'),
diff --git a/app/soapbox/schemas/tombstone.ts b/app/soapbox/schemas/tombstone.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7617a27a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/schemas/tombstone.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+const tombstoneSchema = z.object({
+  reason: z.enum(['deleted']),
+});
+
+type Tombstone = z.infer<typeof tombstoneSchema>;
+
+export { tombstoneSchema, type Tombstone };
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diff --git a/app/styles/components/detailed-status.scss b/app/styles/components/detailed-status.scss
index d07c31814..daa7296ee 100644
--- a/app/styles/components/detailed-status.scss
+++ b/app/styles/components/detailed-status.scss
@@ -12,14 +12,4 @@
   .status__content-wrapper {
     @apply pl-[calc(42px+12px)] rtl:pl-0 rtl:pr-[calc(42px+12px)];
   }
-
-  &__connector {
-    @apply bg-gray-200 dark:bg-primary-800 absolute w-0.5 left-5 hidden z-[1] rtl:right-5 rtl:left-auto;
-
-    &--bottom {
-      @apply block;
-      height: calc(100% - 42px - 8px - 1rem);
-      top: calc(12px + 42px);
-    }
-  }
 }