Arrest in Case of Stolen Ashes

Art Pauly returned home Sunday to find someone had taken urns containing his wife's ashes

By Bill French • •

San Bernardino County Deputies announce an arrest in a burglary case involving a woman’s cremated remains.

One person was arrested in a burglary case that involved the cremated remains of a woman, according to deputies in San Bernardino County.

Joseph Manning Slater, of Highland, was booked for possession of stolen property.

Art Pauly first reported the burglary on Sunday after arriving at his Highland home. Pauly said someone broke into his home while he was at work, taking a television, two jewelry boxes and an urn and velvet bag that contained the remains of his wife, Ann Marie Pauly.

On Monday, a neighbor returned the container, saying that he had confronted the burglar in the street.

The velvet bag containing a small portion of his wife's remains, and the other stolen property, were all still missing, Pauly said. The case is still under investigation.
 

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Pauly plans to conduct a memorial service for his wife on Saturday.

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