Mysterious box of human ashes found buried in unrelated man's backyard

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The property owner has no idea there were ashes in his backyard.

70-year-old resident and property owner, Bill Stephenson, was shocked to discover a box of a man's ashes buried in his backyard, especially as he did not know who the ashes belonged to. For 46 years, he lived on the property, so it is still a mystery that someone he does not know was buried there without his knowledge. With the name of the dead guy inscribed on the plaque at top of the box, they traced the brother.

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By Atarah Haely (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
Catholic Online (https://www.catholic.org)
6/19/2015 (8 years ago)

Published in Marriage & Family

Keywords: Mystery, Ashes, Stranger, Home, Garden, Backyard, Discovery, Man's Ashes

MUNTINLUPA, PHILIPPINES (Catholic Online) - "Thomas Lawson Cox, died 15 June 2008," reads the plaque, according to The Blaze. Stephenson said that he does not know or has even heard of the man.

The box was discovered as he checked his gardener's work after he finished with the backyard. He explained that he even went through the deeds of the property, but the name or anything related to the stranger was nowhere in the documents.

Stephenson initially thought that maybe it was just a prank with only the top stuck on the soil, but after he examined he found that the discovery wasn't a joke.

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"Then I examined it, and it was a full one and as far as I can tell it is intact," he said in a statement with The Telegraph.

He added that it did not spook him and he decided not to meddle with it, but to wait for the authorities to investigate. Under the law, the Ministry of Justice needed to finish necessary documents before Stephenson could remove the box from his property.

Police found Thomas Lawson Cox's brother, but were still unable to determine how the ashes got in Stephenson's backyard. The brother is reportedly planning on taking the authorities to the location where Cox was cremated, as well as the funeral parlor.

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