Urn left in Uber leads to online mystery

Are you missing some ash? An urn was recently discovered in the back of an Uber in the Kansas City metro area and no one can quite figure out who it might belong to, he said. a new report from Fox4 in Kansas City.

“I don’t know what to do with this…. The son found this urn in an Uber,” Erin Hayden wrote on Facebook on December 28, 2024.

Hayden writes that her son asked the Uber driver if it was his urn and he confirmed it was not. The driver also didn’t seem to know who it could be since he drives so many people every day.

“It’s tiny and has obviously been loved as the blue finish is coming off…does anyone know what we should do with it?” Hayden wrote. “Son was in Overland Park when he found it, but Uber had been all over KC. Son found it Thursday.”

The Uber was in Kansas City, Kansas at the time the urn was discovered by the passenger, but it is unclear how far the Uber driver had gone. And the way it was discovered (with a flashlight from a passenger) suggests it could have been there for some time.

Fox4 News in Kansas City spoke with Ty Hadenwho actually found the urn.

“I jumped out of the Uber and just to make sure we didn’t leave anything behind so we didn’t have to return the Uber,” Hayden said. “I hit on the flashlight and found a couple of items, but I just took them.”

Hayden said she texted her friends to make sure it wasn’t her urn. And he has no idea what to do now.

“It’s a pretty big item, mostly it’s probably sentimental for somebody,” Hayden said.

Ty Hayden serves in the military and is stationed in Florida, so he left the urn with his mother back in the Kansas City area, according to Fox4. Anyone who may know who the urn belongs to is encouraged to get in touch Erin Hayden is on Facebook. And while his post has been shared more than 200 times, no one has yet come forward with ideas.

“He’s very loved, so someone brought him around. If it was my relative or my son or whoever, I would want him back home,” Hayden told Fox4.

Hayden said they will keep the urn and keep it on the shelf “until someone claims it.”