Granddaughter who left nana’s ashes in her stolen car begs thieves to return her remains: Adelaide

A distraught teenager has begged ruthless thieves to return her nanny’s ashes after she left the urn in the trunk of her stolen car.

Jakoda Williams-Boyce was horrified to discover that her gray Mitsubishi Lancer which she parked at Amadeus Crescent in Christie Downs, Adelaide, was hijacked sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning.

The 19-year-old, who was living with her nana Sharon when she died, said she feels like she has lost her grandmother for the second time.

“I couldn’t sleep at night knowing that I had stolen a car with someone’s cremation in the back seat,” he said. 9News.

You can never get them back.

Ms. Williams-Boyce was living with her grandmother when she died three and a half years ago, aged 63.

Her family had Sharon’s cremated remains ever since, until her granddaughter took care of them last month.

“I would say it was my fault for putting that personal item in there,” he said.

‘I didn’t think twice. I shouldn’t have to worry about people on the street.

Ms Williams-Boyce is pleading with the perpetrator to return the ashes, no questions asked, saying she would then not pursue the matter further.

“I want to get them back,” he said.

“I want to take them to the funeral director and put them down so I don’t lose them (again),” he said.