CROSBY – When one Crosby woman set out to do yard work one day, she never imagined finding someone’s ashes. Now, the woman said she’s determined to solve the mystery and return the remains to their rightful family.
“I couldn’t imagine misplacing something like this,” Crosby homeowner Mandy Patrick said.
Patrick set out last week to get her yard tidied up. She said she started out by picking up debris from a waterway ditch outside of her home.
“I was about to mow the yard. I was just walking around picking up stuff and I found the little heart on the ground,” Patrick said.
She found a wooden heart with an intricate carving of a man’s face. The wooden heart had an opening in the back.
“The guy seems to be in his 20a,” Patrick said.
She didn’t know what it was, so she decided to open it.
“That’s when we actually discovered that it was actually ashes,” Patrick said.
Patrick let people around town know and the mystery grew. No one knew who the man on the heart was. Patrick shared a picture on social media, which she said was shared hundreds of times, but no one recognized who the man was.
“There are no markings as far as a cemetery,” Patrick said.
Now, she hopes she can help.
“All we have to go on is his face,” Patrick said. “I could only imagine how I would feel, so I hope I could bring some closure. I’m sure they’re worried sick.”
She hopes anyone who recognizes this man or his family will contact her on Facebook.
“I never thought we’d be sitting here today talking about this. It is definitely unusual and hopefully, we can solve the mystery,” Patrick said.