Thieves took thousands, but woman just wants $20 pendant back
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SALEM, Ore. - A Salem woman is asking the thief who broke into her house Friday to return a $20 piece of jewelry.
Thieves took thousands of dollars worth of electronics from Erin Tylosky, but she's more concerned about her silver cross pendant because she keeps her father's ashes inside.
Her dad died of cancer in 2005, and the thief stole all that she has left of him.
"I had him around my neck for so many years and close to my heart. That's all we have of him and we miss him every day," Tylosky said. "We're very upset and angry but we also forgive. We just want Dad back."
She's hoping the burglars have a heart and return the pendant. But if that doesn't happen she's hoping someone spots it for sale online.
Tylosky also is scouring Craigslist ads, inspired by Jake Gillum, the Portland man who tracked down his stolen bike in Seattle after finding it for sale on Craigslist.
She also has family and friends who are scouring Craigslist ads.
And she's making a direct appeal to the burglars.
"Somewhere in there you've got to have some kind of human compassion and know that this is somebody's father, somebody's brother, son," she said.
But Tylosky is not relying on the kindness of the burglars. She also plans to visit local pawn shops showing them a flier with the pendant on it in the hopes they spot it.
Well I certainly hope she gets it back, though â fat chance. I suppose keeping a sample of his cremains was an emotional tool just as a remembrance, but I never understood the whole "keeping them in an urn on the mantle" thing. I mean, after a person is dead THEY are gone â the body we buried in the ground (or whatever we do with it) was merely the package they lived in while they were here. I'm sort of a fan of cremation and then scattering the ashes. I don't think it's healthy to have a gravesite which the living feel guilty for not visiting from time to time. And the memories you have of the person you carry with you always, I don't know â maybe that's just me.
What in the hell does this article and video have to do with YOUR opinions on keeping someones ashes or having a gravesite...You are very selfish for writing this. I happen to be very good friends with Erin's mother and hope that they never read what you wrote. HOW INSENSITIVE!
 @PDX Dave Everyone grieves for and memorializes loved ones in their own way; there's no one right way.
Better yet, find them and reduce THEM to ashes. Oh, sorry...just letting whimsy get the better of me.
@Mikey Whismy can be a very good thing.