DAVIS — A heartbroken Davis family is pleading with thieves to return their son’s ashes that were stolen right out of their home.
He died in a tragic ski accident fourteen years ago. Now his ashes are gone, too.
“I just hope that whoever has taken the ashes, that they bring them back to us. We want to have them back,” Lisa Yamauchi said. “It’s important to us.”
A mother’s grief is shared by a father and brother.
“Right now, we just feel horrible,” father Michael O’Brien said.
“It’s been 14 years, but not a day goes by without us thinking about him,” brother Kevin O’Brien said.
The family is saddened and stunned again. Photos show Richard O’Brien, who died in a ski accident 14 years ago. A life was stolen from his devastated family then. Now his ashes, kept inside a grey and blue box in a special case, were stolen by thieves, too. A precious lock of his hair remains.
“So that’s all we have left,” Michael O’Brien said. “It’s been 14 years since we lost our son, and having this happen just kind of re-awakened the grief that we experienced.”