ANCHOR Realty NE paralegal Megan Spangler says squatters pose an ‘astronomical issue’ for homeowners and costs them a lot of ‘time and a lot of money’ to solve the issue.said a moving company last year packed his mother's ashes with his silverware and caused thousands of dollars in damage. that he paid $22,000 for Coleman American Moving Services, an agent for Allied Van Lines, to move most of his belongings to storage last fall. He and his wife were planning to sell their home.
In January, the couple took the home off the market and his possessions came back on a flatbed truck filled with crates. "You can see through into the crates the covers on the crates are broken," Jones told the news outlet."It rained that day, we have several photos that are ruined. We were telling the movers not to move this, and we found when the box was delivered, there's nothing in here.
A container with the remains of Russell Jones' mother was empty after a moving company took possession of them, he said.," Jones said. Jones said he filed a claim with the company and was told to stop unpacking while it investigated the situation. It hasn't yet, he said. "Mr. Jones did not identify anything in his shipment as containing ‘human remains,’ nor did he notify anyone in our company of their presence in his shipment," it told the news station.
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Why would you allow a moving company to take possession of a loved ones ashes?
Not excusing the loss, but I’d think something that valuable would have traveled personally with the relative & not professionally with the mover.