Crime & Safety
Wife's Ashes, Wedding Rings Stolen In Monrovia Burglary
A Monrovia man said he was laid off from his job, and then came home to find the rear door of his house had been tampered with.
MONROVIA, CA — Wedding rings and a glass heart containing the cremated ashes of a man's wife were among items stolen in a burglary in Monrovia on Friday.
The break-in occurred about 11:30 a.m. Friday in the 300 block of East Foothill Boulevard, according to the Monrovia Police Department. Multiple items were taken in the break-in, but some can't be replaced.
"That heart, I can't replace it. Somebody has my wife," Donny Arthur told KTLA.
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Arthur told the news station he was laid off from his job, and then came home to find the rear door of his house was tampered with. He went into his house to hold the ceramic heart, and it wasn't on the stand anymore, he said.
"I had a rough day. So I set my briefcase down and I went in to grab the heart, which had her remains, so I could just hold it, because it brings me comfort when I've had a bad day," he told KTLA.
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Anyone with information should call the Monrovia Police Department at (626) 256-8000. Anonymous tips can be sent to L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
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