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Box with cremated remains donated to local Goodwill; claimants sought

By Andy Matarrese, Columbian environment and transportation reporter
Published: January 10, 2018, 3:58pm
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The Vancouver Police Department is seeking claimants for this box of cremated human remains. The box was found among items donated to a local Goodwill store.
The Vancouver Police Department is seeking claimants for this box of cremated human remains. The box was found among items donated to a local Goodwill store. (Vancouver Police Department) Photo Gallery

The Vancouver Police Department is looking for anyone associated with a wooden box containing cremated remains recently donated to a local Goodwill store.

The department, in a news release, said officers responded to a call Sunday from the Goodwill at 6425 N.E. Fourth Plain Blvd., after an employee going through donated items found the box.

The worker checked and found the trapezoidal box contained cremated remains. It appeared the box was donated mistakenly, police said.

The box is made of a darker wood, has a handle and latch on one end and two wooden letter M’s attached to its face, with the name Michelle Miller written on the letters.

The department evidence unit is looking for any family members or people associated with the box so it can be returned. Anyone with information regarding the box can call the Vancouver Police Department’s Evidence Unit at 360-487-7404.

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Columbian environment and transportation reporter