THOUGHTLESS thieves took off with two urns carrying the ashes of the homeowner’s parents.
The burglars overlooked credit cards and a Rolex watch during a burglary at Radford home on Thursday October 22.
Intruders broke into the house between 7pm and 9pm, ignored obvious valuables such as a wallet lying on a coffee table, but went for the wooden urns that were stored in the 54-year-old resident’s bedroom.
The baffled homeowner said: “I can’t believe someone would deliberately take a stranger’s ashes. Both urns featured a tribute plaque that included the date when each of my parents died, so the contents should have been apparent.”
The urns were later discovered by Coventry police officers during a search of nearby Holbrook Park.
It’s thought the thieves, who stole two mobile phones, a Nokia 6600 and a Sony Ericsson P9101and tins of loose change, may have mistakenly believed the weighty urns were used to collect pound coins.
The victim added: “Obviously the urns are very precious to me, so it was upsetting to find they’d been taken.
“The officers went to the trouble of calling out local undertakers so that the remains could be gathered respectfully.
“I’m grateful they dealt with a delicate situation like this in such a compassionate way.”
Sergeant Jerome Moran, of the Radford Neighbourhood Police Team, said: “This was a particularly callous, insensitive crime, and hopefully someone will have seen the thieves and come forward with information or a description.”
Anyone who may have spotted the thieves in the Holbrook or Radford areas on Thursday evening should call Stoney Stanton Road Police Station on 0845 113 5000.
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