Urn left at Ontario thrift store contained remains, police seeking owner
By: By Pooja Misra (Canada's Global News)
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Urn left at Ontario thrift store contained remains, police seeking owner
A rectangular wooden urn with visible knots and grain sits on a table beside a measurement scale, with a Niagara Regional Police banner and crest displayed at the bottom. Niagara Regional Police Service/photo
Niagara Regional Police are asking for the public's help after a sealed wooden urn containing suspected cremated remains was dropped off at a donation bay behind a West Lincoln thrift store.
Officers were called to the West Lincoln Community Care Thrift Store on Nov. 24 after staff reported discovering the urn among donated items. Police say it was left sometime between Nov. 19 and 20.
Police are asking for help identifying who left an urn marked with the number 528395 at a West Lincoln thrift store after staff discovered suspected cremated remains inside. Niagara Regional Police Service/photo
Police are asking for help identifying who left an urn marked with the number 528395 at a West Lincoln thrift store after staff discovered suspected cremated remains inside.
Investigators have not yet determined whether the remains are human or animal. The urn has a six-digit number, marked on the underside of the lid, which detectives believe may be an identification number linked to a cremation service.
Police are asking anyone who may recognize the urn or the number, including those familiar with cremation industry practices, to contact them.
Anyone with information is asked to call Niagara Regional Police.
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Anybody know whose remains they are? Hey, if it was someone famous, those remains could be worth a lot of money. Lots of reports these days that people who have money to burn bid pretty high amounts for things I wouldn't waste space in my home for.
Since the urn has an identifying number, I assume the police have already contacted all the local funeral homes that cremate bodies.