Some resolution to a previous posting from California-
The last of what appear to be the ashes of an Alameda man that were stolen the day of his funeral may have been located, police said Monday.
A groundskeeper discovered a box containing ashes Friday outside Christ Episcopal Church at 1700 Santa Clara Ave. in Alameda, police Lt. Sean Lynch said.
Police are operating on the belief that the ashes are those of Marvin Kent Hockabout, who was 74 when he died Jan. 21.
Hockabout's ashes were in boxes inside a backpack that was stolen from the church's altar March 5, shortly before his funeral.
The ashes had been unattended for only about 10 minutes, relatives said. It's not known whether the thief knew what was in the backpack.
Four days after the funeral, a man contacted the church, saying he had found a box containing some of Hockabout's ashes on the 400 block of 29th Avenue in Oakland, just across the Park Street bridge to Alameda.
The church and its grounds had been thoroughly searched after the theft. Investigators believe someone may have dropped off the box with the latest batch of ashes sometime after the search.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/25/BAAD1J706E.DTL#ixzz1Kcrno0YO
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