Colorado Couple Finds Urn Left At Car Wash, Seeks Owner

AURORA, CO — After finding an urn at Aurora’s Happy Henry’s Car Wash earlier this month, a Colorado couple is hoping to track down a family missing their loved one, according to a CBS News Colorado report.

Riley Webb was cleaning out his car when he noticed the urn—which he told CBS he first thought was a vase—sitting next to a trash can.

"I go over and I pick it up and I look at it and I'm like, this is heavy," Webb told the outlet.

After realizing what he had found, Webb brought the urn home. He and his girlfriend Laquita Mitchell are now trying to find its owner, according to CBS.

Matt Bergman, the owner of Happy Henry’s Car Wash, told Patch that he was out of town when the urn was dropped off but was able to get a video of a white male in a reddish Pontiac Grand Prix or Grand Am with no front license plate leaving it behind.

However, Bergman says that once he arrived back in town, he realized that there had been an internet outage and due to the load on the recorder, surveillance video of the dropoff was overwritten along with a week and a half’s worth of other footage.

“Even if I was able to give over the video, it wouldn't have helped much with any sort of identification of the car that dropped it off,” Bergman said. “We feel awful for the deceased relatives and hope they find the family it belongs to.”

CBS News Colorado reported that Aurora police agreed to accept the urn into evidence, but could not guarantee they will take action to find the owner.

If you recognize the urn, reach out to Aurora police.