{"id":19388,"date":"2017-05-09T08:11:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T13:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=19388"},"modified":"2017-05-09T08:11:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T13:11:09","slug":"video-fathers-ashes-mishandled-by-the-post-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2017\/05\/09\/video-fathers-ashes-mishandled-by-the-post-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Father\u2019s Ashes Mishandled By The Post Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/anvload.html?key=eyJtIjoiY2JzIiwidiI6IjM2NjMxNjgiLCJhbnZhY2siOiJhbnZhdG9fY2JzbG9jYWxfYXBwX3dlYl9wcm9kXzU0N2YzZTQ5MjQxZWYwZTVkMzBjNzliMmVmYmNhNWQ5MmM2OThmNjciLCJwbHVnaW5zIjp7ImNvbXNjb3JlIjp7ImNsaWVudElkIjoiMzAwMDAyMyIsImMzIjoic2FjcmFtZW50by5jYnNsb2NhbC5jb20ifSwiZGZwIjp7ImNsaWVudFNpZGUiOnsiYWRUYWdVcmwiOiJodHRwOi8vcHViYWRzLmcuZG91YmxlY2xpY2submV0L2dhbXBhZC9hZHM%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\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>CAMERON <span class=\"vm-hook-outer vm-hook-default\"><span class=\"vm-hook\">PARK<\/span><\/span> (CBS13) &#8211; A Cameron Park woman says the post office lost her father&#8217;s ashes. Legally, that&#8217;s the only way you can ship them. But how they handled the remains was beyond belief for Candace Brooks.<\/p>\n<p>After Brooks&#8217; father, Jessie Cotton, passed away, no one could tell her what happened to the Korean War vet&#8217;s <span class=\"vm-hook-outer vm-hook-default\"><span class=\"vm-hook\">ashes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cotton&#8217;s remains were shipped from a Florida funeral home to California through the United States Post Service Priority Mail, which is the only legal way to ship cremated remains.<\/p>\n<p>But Cotton&#8217;s remains got lost somewhere along the way.<\/p>\n<p>The last scan from USPS was in Jacksonville, Florida. Brooks says the postal service had no answers but offered to refund the cost of shipping.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks said, &#8220;I couldn&#8217;t even believe they said that to me.&#8221;\u009d &#8220;Just find my dad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>USPS launched a nationwide search, and the ashes turned up at a mail recovery center in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>USPS spokesperson Candace Cheathon said the issue, &#8220;It was an illegible address.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sacramento.cbslocal.com\/2017\/05\/08\/ashes-lost-post-office-father-usps\/\">Read more at CBS Sacramento<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19389\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Lost-Ashes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Lost-Ashes.jpg 428w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Lost-Ashes-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Lost-Ashes-124x90.jpg 124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/>\u009d\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAMERON PARK (CBS13) &#8211; A Cameron Park woman says the post office lost her father&#8217;s ashes. Legally, that&#8217;s the only way you can ship them. But how they handled the remains was beyond belief for Candace Brooks. 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