Southwest Missouri Man Accused of Threatening to 'Flush' Woman's Ashes

Southwest Missouri man accused of threatening to 'flush' woman's ashes

A Joplin man has been charged with felony theft after allegedly stealing a woman's mother's ashes and threatening to destroy the urn, prompting law enforcement to take him into custody.

Man who took woman’s mother’s ashes charged with first-degree felony harassment

A man from Joplin is facing charges related to an unusual alleged crime. Sebastian Drake Burch is accused of taking a woman’s ashes and threatening to flush them unless her surviving daughter met him and left the state of Missouri with him. Jasper County Deputies took Burch into custody when he met the woman’s daughter at a local church. The ashes and the urn they were in were recovered. According to court papers: Nevaeh Lovato (Victim) and Aaro…