A grief stricken daughter says someone stole her parents’ wedding rings from their Lexington grave.
Connie Smith promised her father she’d bring roses to her step-mother’s grave every Valentine’s Day. But when she took the flowers to the Lexington Cemetery this year, she discovered a thief had stolen her parents wedding rings that were kept with their remains. Smith last saw the rings around the first of the year, but a month later they were gone. She says when she went to cemetery staff about the theft.
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“They told me anybody that has the right kind of screwdriver or drill can take these off and get in there,” said Smith.
The cemetery did give Smith surveillance video of the columbarium where her parents’ remains are kept, but it didn’t provide much help in solving the crime.
“It hurts. Not only do you feel like your parents have been violated in death but you’ve been violated in life,” she said.
While she doesn’t have much hope the rings will be returned, she hopes her story will serve as a warning for anyone who places valuables with their deceased loved ones.
“When they saw that they probably thought, ‘Hey this is really worth something.’ And they just thought they had something of value,” said Smith.
But the two rings are priceless keepsakes she will never get back.
“I tell them all the time I’m sorry, you know. I’m sorry that I let it happen because I promised.”
Smith says she plans to file a police report for the missing rings. LEX 18 contacted the Lexington Cemetery and were told they had no comment.
