Pendants containing ashes of loved ones stolen in Peterborough: police

Two pendants containing the ashes of loved ones have been reported stolen following vehicle break-ins in Peterborough.

Peterborough police say in one incident, a vehicle parked at a McClennan Street home in the city’s north end was broken into during the evening hours of Nov. 25 to Nov. 26.

Police say a stainless steel fish pendant containing a portion of the ashes from a deceased love one was stolen. Loose change and car chargers were also stolen.

Then sometime on Dec. 4, someone entered a vehicle parked at a Brioux Avenue home in the city’s south end and stole several items, including a black cross pendant on a thin silver chain, police said.

According to Darren Fenn, who shared his appeal for the pendant’s return on social media, the cross contains the ashes of his five-week-old baby Wyatt Daren Lamonday-Fenn who died in January 2018.

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Fenn said he always wore the pendant until a clasp broke and it was going to be taken in for repairs the next day.

“Having it stolen is devastating,” he said.

“In the four years I’ve been around this area (Brioux Ave.) I’ve left numerous vehicles unlocked and never had anything missing,” he said.

Fenn says he has no intentions to lay charges against whoever stolen the pendant – he just wants it returned.

“Whoever took it – someone needs to have a heart,” he said. “Some things are just not replaceable.”

Anyone with information is asked to call the Peterborough Police Service at 705-876-1122 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or Crime Stoppers online.

More to come.

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