FALL RIVER, MASS. (WHDH) - A Fall River woman is asking for help locating her stolen car which contained the ashes of her young son.
Haley Desmarais said she noticed her black 2013 Acura was missing from where she parked it in front of her home on Holden Street and said she immediately thought of her son.
A necklace containing the ashes of her baby boy who was just 24 days old when he died in 2018 was hanging from the rearview mirror.
“Everywhere that we have ever traveled, we bring that necklace with us. Just so we can feel like he is part of us,” she said. “Yea, sure, we can go get another one and put more ashes in it, but now, a piece of our son is split from us. Now, we have to worry about where he is and that he is not in the bottom of a barrel somewhere because someone felt like he wasn’t important enough to return.”
Desmarais said a stack of obituaries was also in the car.
“They are still not sure how he passed away so it is very devastating to us. I mean even if it’s just obituaries to someone it’s a lot for us,” she said. “He was only 24 days old when he passed away we don’t have much of him.”
The family relied on this car to get Desmarais’s 1-month-old daughter to her doctor’s appointments for her heart.
“They took all of it. Strollers, car seats, you’re not just taking a car, you’re taking my daughter’s doctor appointments you’re taking the way we get to and from places to make sure they are OK,” she said.
She said even if she cannot have the car back, all she really wants is that necklace.
“I don’t even care about the car I don’t even care about the car seats I’ve recuperated that I found a way but to take that, that’s something that’s irreplaceable,” said Desmarais.
Police ask that anyone with information pertaining to this case give them a call.
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