Girl makes cookies filled with grandfather's ashes and distributes them at school
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While burial is the norm in the United States, cremation is also common, with the ashes being taken home by the family and stored in an urn or other container. While there have been reported cases of people selling their father's ashes on eBay , or stealing ashes and mistaking them for cocaine and inhaling them , one American girl even baked cookies mixed with ashes and distributed them to her school friends.
Grandfather's ashes possibly baked into cookies given to Davis students
https://www.kcra.com/article/grandfathers-ashes-possibly-baked-into-cookies-given-to-davis-students/23835886
Police: Teenager baked grandfather's ashes into cookies, shared with classmates – St George News
https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2018/10/17/apc-police-teenager-baked-grandfathers-ashes-into-cookies-shared-with-classmates
The incident occurred at Da Vinci Charter Academy, a school for students in grades 7-12 (equivalent to junior high and high school in Japan) in Yolo County , California, USA. The sugar cookies in question were reportedly brought to the school by a female student on October 4, 2018.
Andy Knox, one of the students given a cookie by the girl, told a news program interview, 'I was walking into sixth period and she stopped me and asked if I wanted a cookie.'
Knox, who knew the girl for some time, asked her, 'Why cookies?' The girl replied, 'There's something special inside the cookies,' and Knox speculated, 'Maybe there's marijuana or some other drug inside.'
Knox then asked, 'Did you put marijuana in it?' The girl laughed and replied, 'No, it's my grandpa's ashes.' Knox said she was horrified.
Knox was skeptical, but then she remembered that the girl had often talked about her grandfather's ashes, such as when they sat next to each other in class and offered to give her some. It was only when the girl pulled out the urn containing the ashes that Knox finally believed she had baked the cookies with the ashes.
Knox said she had eaten one bite of the cookie before realizing it contained cremation ashes, but it felt like 'something stuck between my teeth, like the sand I used to eat as a child.' It's believed nine students ate the cookies, but most of them apparently knew they contained cremation ashes beforehand.
Paul Doroshov of the local police said they are investigating the incident, but were unable to obtain the actual ashes cookies and were unable to test their contents. Furthermore, the students have not been harmed, and Doroshov said, 'I can't think of any category of crime this could fall into.' Even if evidence was found that the cookies were baked and distributed, it would not be enough to charge the perpetrators with crimes such as desecration of a corpse.
The Davis Joint School District, where the incident occurred, issued a statement saying, 'While we will not disclose the student's personal information, protecting the physical and mental safety of our students is our priority. To date, there have been no health risks to those involved.' The school district will take strict action if any illegal activity is confirmed, but the girl has shown remorse and stated, 'As this is a family and personal matter, we would like to respect her privacy.'
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