A metro Atlanta mother said she shipped her 15-year-old son’s ashes from a local UPS store to a family member, but the package never made it.
Channel 2′s Tom Regan was in Hiram Tuesday, where Tangenika Lee said that now, it feels like she’s lost her son all over again.
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Deontray died of a fentanyl overdose in 2020. In early January, she sent his ashes to her sister, who makes customized cremation urns, in Connecticut.
Weeks passed and the ashes never arrived. They were supposed to be at her sister’s house by January 10.
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Lee said corporate customer service sent her a $135 check to compensate her for the lost ashes. It’s a check she said she refuses to cash.
Lee said she shipped the ashes from the UPS store in Hiram along with some gifts. She told employees what was in the wooden box. When the ashes failed to arrive, she went back to ask what happened. She said the police also were there.