Man Flushed Grandparents’ Ashes When Mom Kicked Him Out: Police

Thomas Wells from west Pennsylvania was arraigned Monday on two counts of abuse of a corpse and a criminal mischief charge. He is suspected of flushing the cremated remains of his grandparents down the toilet because he was angry that his mother was kicking him out of her home.

The 33-year-old man had been staying for a short time with his mother, but then was requested to leave in September of last year. The mother was not aware of what her son had done until February when a relative told her. The box that contained the ashes had been in the mother’s bedroom.

The police say that Wells told his mother he did not do it, but that he would flush her ashes down the toilet after she died.

See Man Flushed Grandparents’ Ashes When Mom Kicked Him Out: Police, Penn Live, April 30, 2019.