SANDY, Ore. (AP) — A gravestone missing from a cemetery in the town of Sandy, Ore., has turned up — in the police property room of nearby Gresham.
On Tuesday, Sandy police asked for help in finding a headstone missing from a grave in Cliffside Cemetery. The disappearance was reported by 81-year-old Ruth Elizabeth Young, who said it must have been taken sometime between her visits on Oct. 3 and Oct. 19. Police described the headstone’s inscription.
On Wednesday, Sandy police Detective Jason Bickle announced that an alert Gresham police property officer realized the headstone was sitting in that department’s property room. Gresham police found it Oct. 9 at a street intersection and tried unsuccessfully to learn where it belonged.
The Oregonian says Gresham police brought the stone to Sandy police and arrangements are being made for Young to pick it up.
