May 17, 2022

SUV containing human ashes stolen from north Salina hotel

Posted May 17, 2022 3:49 PM

By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post

Police are looking for an SUV and multiple items that were inside, including an urn with human ashes, that were stolen from a north Salina hotel earlier this week.

A 27-year-old Salina man told police that sometime between 10 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 a.m. Monday, someone stole his silver 2014 Dodge Journey from the parking lot of Days Inn, 407 W. Diamond Drive, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning. The SUV had a Kansas license plate of 743MWC.

The man was still in possession of the vehicle's key fob, Forrester said.

The man also is missing items that were inside the SUV, including the following.

●A 40-inch television

●Multiple household items

●Two swords

●An urn containing the man's father's ashes

Forrester said total loss was estimated at $6,580.