Salvage yard manager returns unexpected items found in cars about to be destroyed Share Updated: 3:11 AM MDT Apr 9, 2021 Susan Shapiro Share Updated: 3:11 AM MDT Apr 9, 2021
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Show Transcript HER MISSION TO FIND A RIGHTFUL PLACE. SUSAN: THIS IS THE END OF THE ROAD FOR OLD, UNWANTED VEHICLES. BEFORE THEY GET CRUSHED HERE AT RED LION SALVAGE, THEY ARE DISMANTLED. WORKERS REMOVE THE TIRES AND OTHER EQUIPMENT AND PERSONAL ITEMS INSIDE. PEOPLE LEAVE ALL KINDS OF STUFF AND VEHICLES. SUSAN: OFFICE MANAGER THOUGHT SHE HAD SEEN IT ALL UNTIL AN ABANDONED CAR ENDED UP HERE. THAT IS WHEN I SAW THE URN. SUSAN: URN FROM THE REMAINS OF A LANCASTER MAN. I WAS LIKE A, THIS IS A PERSON, THIS IS A PERSON WHEN I GOT TO FIND WHERE HE BELONGS, AND HE WAS SITTING ROUGHLY ABOUT HERE. SUSAN: SHE REACHED OUT TO THE CORNERS OFFICE. A WOMAN WHO WAS A DEPUTY CORONER AT THE TIME WENT TO THE SALVAGE YARD AND PICKED UP THE URN. IT WAS EVENTUALLY
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People leave all kinds of items in vehicles that end up at Red Lion Salvage in York County.But two recent finds were more unusual than most, and the office manager made it her mission to find their rightful place.Sheila Ferraro thought she had seen it all until an abandoned car ended up at the business about a year ago. When they opened up the trunk to take the spare tire and the jack out, that s when they saw the urn, she said.The urn had the remains of a Lancaster man and a tag from the Lancaster County Coroner s Office. I was like, oh, my God, this is creepy. And then I m like, wait this is a person. I’ve got to find where he belongs, Ferraro said.She reached out to the coroner s office. A woman who was a deputy coroner at the time went to the salvage yard to retrieve the urn, and it was eventually returned to the man’s family.About a year later, workers discovered a casket flag for veteran Leonard Pietras in another vehicle.Ferraro contacted the VFW. David Geiger,
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