Calgary police looking to return cremated remains found in empty home to next of kin

A Calgary Police Service logo is seen on a vehicle parked at headquarters in Calgary, April 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Calgary police are looking for the family of a deceased person after a box of ashes was found in a southwest home.

Officers say a local contractor surrendered a wooden cremation urn to the Calgary Police Service District 6 office on March 23.

They say the contractor said he had found a wooden cremation urn when renovating a vacant residence in the 500 block of 58 Avenue S.W.

The box is engraved with the name Claude Prenovost, and it says he was born in 1951 and died in 2022.

After several unsuccessful attempts to locate the deceased’s next of kin, police are hoping members of the public can help reunite the family with the urn.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 403-266-1234.