A Charlotte woman says she remains shaken weeks after her Dodge Durango was stolen in Uptown, not because of the loss of the vehicle, but because it contained the ashes of her parents and sister.
The theft occurred while the vehicle was parked inside the garage at the Ascher Uptown apartments, where the woman had left it for several days while visiting her daughter. Since then, she and police have worked to locate the Durango, but the investigation has so far yielded only fragments of what was taken.
Several personal items that were inside the SUV were later discovered discarded at a local high school. Those items included the vehicle’s registration, a work badge, and a tracking device she had placed in the car as a precaution. None of the remains were found with those belongings, deepening concerns that the ashes may have been separated from the vehicle or discarded elsewhere…