[News] Woman Says Thieves Stole Husband's Ashes, Her Yorkie
 

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- POSTED: 6:40 pm EDT April 24, 2008
A woman who lost her husband in 2006 said thieves broke into her home and stole his ashes and her dog.

When her beloved husband Cyril died, Delores Campbell's children bought her a Yorkie puppy to keep her company. She named the dog CC -- her husband's initials.

Campbell said she returned home from her job as a teacher's aide on Wednesday afternoon and knew something was wrong when CC wasn't in his usual place.
When I didn't see him at the window, I said, 'Oh, my god. I'm in trouble,'" she said.

Campbell walked into the house, calling for her dog, and went into the bedroom.

"This room was turned upside-down, just like a hurricane had been in here," she said.

The window had been shattered by a rock. Later, Campbell realized the box containing her husband's ashes was missing from the drawer. The flat-screen TV, the computer and the checkbook were all still there.

"It's cruel, but at the same time it's very odd," said Sgt. Bill Bamford of the Miami Gardens Police Department.

"Why would you take the ashes? What purpose?" she said. "I just don't understand why."

Police said they think it is possible that the thieves stole the dog as a gift for someone. Whatever the reason, Campbell's heart is broken.

"He would just play. I'd play with him and pick him up and kiss him and hug him, and play with toys. He used to love to run and go get the ball," she said. "That was our life. They took my life away."

Campbell said she doesn't think anyone would do this to be mean to her and that she does not have any enemies. She said she hopes someone finds the dog, which has an identifying microchip, and returns her husband's ashes.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Miami Gardens Police Department.
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This is so sad :(

That is awful I couldn't imagine what I would do.

Oh poor CC. And this Lady must be so oh sooo lonely right now.
I am hard broken.:sad:

WTF !? How cruel... So many bad/selfish people:thumbs_do

Hope she get at least CC back.

:thumbs_do There are some sickos out there, who in their right minds would steal an urn with remains inside it?? :questione

That is so sad. I pray she gets her baby and the ashes back.

That is so terrible, nothing is sacred anymore....sad !

How Heartbreaking!

I would say it was someone who knew her, why else would the ashes be gone and her dear yorkie - someone knew what they were coming for

omg, I could not even imgaine this happening to anyone.. her hubbies ashes.. how terrible can this get.. and then to take her dog.. that she depended on to keep her going...down right disgusting..
I pray they find the dog and the ashes.. I had not heard of this...anne

Thats exactly what i thought!

so sad
 

We have some of the most horrible people living in this free country of ours. I'll pray she gets her ashes and CC back.:(

omg..that is sad.. hope she'll be reunited with her furbaby soon
:aimeeyork

this is so sad if you need a friend to keep you company i can send you a yorkie puppy to help.
Natalie

What a very sad story. I pray that she recovers both loved ones. It is awesome that the news channel covered the story, hopefully someone will come forward with information leading to her loved ones. I wonder if there is any way to get updates on the story.

It's Sad To Say But People Almost Can't Be Any More Dissappointing!
 

I WILL EARNESTLY PRAY FOR THR RETURN OF YOUR LOSS AND IN ADDITION I WILL PRAY THAT SOME HUMANITY STILL EXISTS AMONGST US AND YOU RECIEVE A NEW BABY TO HELP YOU THROUGH THE TIME DIFFERENCE. SURELY SOME BREEDER OUT THERE CAN SEND SOME HUMANITY YOUR WAY. pLEASE KEEP US UPDATED BECAUSE WE DO CARE!

:mad:now thats a new low. stealing someone's ashes. it just baffles me how mean some people can be! i hope both her dog and her hubby's ashes turn up.

Terribly sad story
 

The sick pathetic person that stole the ashes and CC had to have known the deceased. I would be looking at people I thought I knew. When deaths occur in a family people wig out, greed sets in. I am truly sorry for her loss.

Damaging Lives!!
 

:sad:What an awful thing to do to someone!!! Im from Kendall, not far from Miami Gardens, and I'll tell you that robberies involving :aimeeyorkYorkies is on the rise... I personally NEVER walk my babies in my neighborhood... Even though I live in a very descent place, but you never know... That is something I always have in the back of my mind... I let them roam all around my home, and they are house trained...I rather be safe than sorry... I also have surveillance, just in case...You hear about this sort of crime here all the time... These thieves dont know the damage they are causing, by trying to make a quick buck!! To me it's as personal as kidnapping!!!

:2hearts2:Mommy to :aimeeyorkNygee, :aimeeyorkGizmo & :aimeeyorkGypsy!!:2hearts2:

That is so interesting that you would say you don't walk your yorkies near your house. My parents live in Sarasota in a very nice development and when I visited in Dec., I wondered if I should be taking long walks with my yorkies because there were so many hired landscape people and other workers in the neighborhood, that it made me nervous who knew my yorkies were around. My mom just laughed at me when I mentioned it, but she is not in tune with all the yorkie thefts.

I am really praying for good news to somehow still come out of this poor woman's situation

They said that she's a teachers aide. This sounds like something some mad high school kids would do to someone to get back at them for something.

She kept the ashes in a box in the drawer... they probably thought it was a jewelry box!

As for the dognapping... Yorkies are a hot commodity! I hope that the microchipping leads her baby back home.

That is sad but thanks for sharing.

My heart aches for you...I hope you get CC back.

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I pray little CC is reunited with his Mommy! What a heartbreaking story for someone who has already lost someone so dear! I just don't understand why our world has to be so ugly and cruel?

:mad: This is just sick. Stealing her dog C.C. and her husbands ashes. What a shame. I feel so, so sorry for her. What is this world coming to. My heart goes out to this lady, and her family. Praying she gets her baby back.
Darlene :animal-pa :animal-pa :animal-pa :animal-pa

Sad story, what has this world come to. I believe too that it's some one she knows...and for whatever reason...they took the two things she held so dear...the two things she would miss the most. Hope the thieves are found and prosecuted, and the Yorkie and the ashes recovered/returned.

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