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ORLANDO, Fla. – A burglar with a conscience returned a keepsake containing a boy's ashes to his Orlando mother after seeing the woman talk about it on television. The ashes were in a small vial that looks like a necklace. It, along with jewelry, money, a television and other things were swiped when Emely Santana's home was ransacked this week.
Santana is still grieving the June death of 18-year-old son Giovanni Perez. She picks up his urn when she's sad to feel closer to him, and planned to give the necklace to her mother.
Santana got her wish on Wednesday. The stolen vial reappeared in the back of her car, wrapped in the comics section of the newspaper.
The other things are still gone, but the grieving mom said she can replace those.
I remember reading about this when they were originally stolen and feeling sure they'd never get the ashes back. I'm glad they got it back, and while this is probably a bit depressing in and of itself, I feel like this is the nicest news story I've read in quite a while.
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Three years!
24 Oct 2009, 1:21 am
