Stolen necklace containing daughter’s ashes returned to Va. couple

A Virginia couple, whose necklace containing their daughter’s ashes, was returned nearly three weeks after it was stolen, WTKR reported.

The truck of Robert and Yvonne Avila was robbed three weeks ago, and among the items taken was an hourglass pendant containing the ashes of their 17-year-old daughter, Katherine, who died suddenly in August, WTKR reported.

According to the Avila family, Chesapeake Police arrested a person they say is responsible for stealing the pendant. Police said the suspect confessed to the crime.
Robert Avila said that recovering the pendant was “indescribable.”
“It’s something that’s very sentimental you know, it’s our daughter, you can’t replace things like that,” Avila told WTKR.  “It’s indescribable, she meant everything to us.

“We carry her everywhere we go.”
Avila told WTKR he left the pendant in the cup holder of his truck so he could bring it to the jewelry store to get a piece fixed. But when a neighbor texted him and told him part of his uniform was in the street, he knew something was wrong.
His neighbor texted him to say that a part of his Navy uniform was in the street, and he immediately knew something was wrong. Credit cards and gift cards were taken, and so was the pendant.
But the jewelry is now back in the hands of the Avilas, who are relieved.
“It’s just so personal you can’t replace it,” Yvonne Avila said.

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