PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- A Salvation Army thrift store received an urn apparently filled with cremated remains. The urn was donated last week. It's bronze in color and is engraved "Richard L. Pettengill 1929-1981."
The store is holding onto the urn in an effort to return it to the deceased's relatives. Portsmouth police Lt. Michael Maloney said it's not a crime to donate an urn with ashes, but called it "odd." Police said whoever owned them could do with them what they wish.
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