Woman says thief stole her little brother’s cremains in Tacoma
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- A man broke into Abbirielle Priest’s car in Tacoma and stole her brother’s ashes.
- The vehicle prowl occurred May 1 in the 3100 block of 6th Avenue.
- Priest said her brother was 11-year-old Bishop Romeo, who drowned in 2024.
A woman is looking for her brother’s cremated remains after someone stole them from her car.
In a post to the Facebook crime and scanner group “Tacompton Files”, Abbirielle Priest said a man broke into her car on May 1 while she was in the middle of moving and stole her brother’s ashes and “80% of [her] belongings.”
Shelbie Boyd, spokesperson for the Tacoma Police Department, told The News Tribune in a text that officers were dispatched to the vehicle prowl, which happened in the 3100 block of 6th Avenue. The department is investigating, she said.
The News Tribune reached out to Priest but did not immediately receive a response.
“I am absolutely distraught,” Priest wrote in her post.
Priest told KIRO 7 her brother was 11-year-old Bishop Romeo, who drowned in a paddleboarding accident in 2024.
“I don’t care about the clothes,” Priest told KIRO 7. “I don’t care about the materialistic things, but my 11-year-old brother is something I can’t get back.”
Anyone with information can reach out to the Tacoma Police Department by calling 253-287-4455.
