Man to stand trial on claims he flushed grandparents’ ashes
A judge has ruled that a western Pennsylvania man must stand trial on charges he flushed his grandparents’ ashes down a toilet after his mother kicked him out of her home.
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Man to stand trial on claims he flushed grandparents’ ashes
The Associated Press
Published 7:32 a.m. ET May 14, 2019 | Updated 7:33 a.m. ET May 14, 2019
MCKEESPORT, Pa. – A judge has ruled that a western Pennsylvania man must stand trial on charges he flushed his grandparents’ ashes down a toilet after his mother kicked him out of her home.
Thomas Wells faces two counts of abuse of a corpse and a criminal mischief charge.
McKeesport police say the 33-year-old Pittsburgh man had been staying with his mother for a brief time before she asked him to leave last September.
The mother told police in February that a relative told her Wells had flushed her parents’ ashes before he left. The ashes were kept in a box in the mother’s bedroom.
Authorities say Wells told his mother he had not flushed the ashes down a toilet.
But the mother says Wells later said he would flush her remains after she dies.
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