An Oregon man said he has had to mourn his wife twice in a week after a person broke into his Jeep and stole her remains last week, according to KEZI.
“I'm just awestruck that people don't realize what they're touching, or taking,” Matthew Archer told the news station. “I guarantee it’s not more important to them than it is to this family.”
Archer told KEZI that his wife, Patricia, died unexpectedly in her sleep on July 30. She was a mother of two and a member of the U.S. Marine Corps, according to the news station.
Archer said he had his wife's remains in an urn kept in a small black box in his Jeep on Friday night when someone broke into the vehicle and stole the urn and other items. The Jeep was parked in Archer's driveway when the break-in happened, according to KEZI.
Police told KEZI they are investigating the reported theft.
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