Car towed and crushed with Grandpa inside

[Der Schaltwerks]

Wausau, Wi (WSAU) Shawn Leslie says he's considering a lawsuit, but that won't get what he lost back. Leslie says when he went to pick up his car it was gone. He had been keeping the ashes of his father and grandfather inside, but the car had been towed and crushed for scrap.

Leslie says he had permission of the owner to leave the car in the parking lot of an apartment building while he was out of town. Property manager Ray Burris says Leslie did not have the owners permission. Burris called police last March saying the car had been left there for six to nine months.

Then, instead of waiting for the police to take action, he reportedly called and had the car towed. It was crushed one day later. There is no word on why Leslie was keeping the cremated remains in the car.



http://www.wsau.com/news/articles/20...-remains-case/

[Fe2O3]

Misleading thread title is misleading.

[Der Schaltwerks]

Misleading thread title is misleading.

He was in there! Dad too!

[BRealistic]

Nothing says important sentimental value like leaving it in an abandoned car.....

[Der Schaltwerks]

Nothing says important sentimental value like leaving it in an abandoned car.....

Maybe that's how dad and pops would have wanted it?

[VegasJetta]

What kind of car was it, is what I want to know...

[Der Schaltwerks]

What kind of car was it, is what I want to know...

1994 Cougar, baby! This is not the actual car.

[BRealistic]

FWIW- this is the only part of the story that seems... questionable.

Then, instead of waiting for the police to take action, he reportedly called and had the car towed. It was crushed one day later.

You can have a car towed and crushed one day later without getting the police involved?

[Der Schaltwerks]

FWIW- this is the only part of the story that seems... questionable.




You can have a car towed and crushed one day later without getting the police involved?

In WI, they are supposed to contact the owner before crushing the car. They didn't do that according to a different source..

[1SICKLEX]

[atomicalex]

At least they finally got a decent burial.

[Der Schaltwerks]

At least they finally got a decent burial.

Crushed into scrap metal and likely bought by China and refined into cheap parts?

[atomicalex]

Crushed into scrap metal and likely bought by China and refined into cheap parts?

Better than a parking lot at a run-down apartment complex!

[Der Schaltwerks]

Better than a parking lot at a run-down apartment complex!

possibly. hard to say for sure.

[warren_s]

I found a another story that says this guy drives a truck for a living, and that he was parking his car in a lot behind a diner while he was out of town, driving his truck.

wtf..... Doesn't the guy have a place to live??


http://www.todaysthv.com/news/ksink/...05140&catid=70

[Der Schaltwerks]

I found a another story that says this guy drives a truck for a living, and that he was parking his car in a lot behind a diner while he was out of town, driving his truck.

wtf..... Doesn't the guy have a place to live??


http://www.todaysthv.com/news/ksink/...05140&catid=70

He might not. Some struggling truck drivers live in their trucks since they are on the road most of the time. When they are "home" for a few days, they rent a cheap room.

[warren_s]

Yeah, true. Still, A car-sized storage unit at U-Haul shouldn't run more than $100/month and it's about 10,000x safer than leaving it in some guy's parking lot.

[mike_A3]

Yeah, true. Still, A car-sized storage unit at U-Haul shouldn't run more than $100/month and it's about 10,000x safer than leaving it in some guy's parking lot.

Well if the car was left for 9 months already, lets assume he was going to leave it for another 9 months. Would you leave it somewhere for free or pay someone $1800 to store it?

You're an idiot. And U-Haul storage is about as secure as an apartment parking lot. Or even less.

My co-workers and I each drive about 60k miles per year parking in hundreds of hotels and neighborhoods all around the country. I know of 2 break-ins last year. One was at the Holiday-Inn in Rochester, NY (airport location) and the other was at a U-Haul indoor storage facility in Dallas, TX.

So out of the thousands of places we have parked overnight half of the break-ins were at U-Haul storage. Do you want to re-think your 10,000 number? Probably more like "1/1000 as safe" not "10,000 times safer".

[mike_A3]

I found a another story that says this guy drives a truck for a living, and that he was parking his car in a lot behind a diner while he was out of town, driving his truck.

wtf..... Doesn't the guy have a place to live??


http://www.todaysthv.com/news/ksink/...05140&catid=70

You obviously don't know anyone who works on the road. An engineer I work with is based out of Denver. He bought a home in Denver a couple years ago, payments probably $1500/mo. In the first calendar year he owned the home he stayed in his home as much as possible with his travel for work. Seven nights.

It is sooo hard to live on the road buddy. A power-plant in the middle of nowhere takes 1000 people to build, and 12 people to run once its built, where do you think the 1000 construction guys go? To the next power plant somewhere really really far away.

Next time you're in a chain bar/restaurant like TGI FRIDAYS or OUTBACK, take a look at the bar. See that one well-dressed guy just chillin' alone at happy-hour? That guy is working on the road, and he wishes could go home if he even has one.

[Der Schaltwerks]

Update:

Car With Cremated Remains Illegally Towed and Destroyed. The Wausau towing company that towed and destroyed a car that had cremated remains inside did not have the legal right to do so, according to Wausau Police.


No criminal charges are being filed. However, this will likely be a civil law suit. How much is the loss of cremated remains worth? We shall see. I'm guessing it will be a lot more than a 94 Cougar.

http://www.wsaw.com/news/headlines/9...4.html?ref=444

[ATL_Av8r]

How much is the loss of cremated remains worth?

$5/pound....dependent upon the age, gender, and race of the cremated. This is also assuming they were not famous.

[a1veedubber]

Well if the car was left for 9 months already, lets assume he was going to leave it for another 9 months. Would you leave it somewhere for free or pay someone $1800 to store it?

You're an idiot. And U-Haul storage is about as secure as an apartment parking lot. Or even less.

My co-workers and I each drive about 60k miles per year parking in hundreds of hotels and neighborhoods all around the country. I know of 2 break-ins last year. One was at the Holiday-Inn in Rochester, NY (airport location) and the other was at a U-Haul indoor storage facility in Dallas, TX.

So out of the thousands of places we have parked overnight half of the break-ins were at U-Haul storage. Do you want to re-think your 10,000 number? Probably more like "1/1000 as safe" not "10,000 times safer".

Parking different places overnight is hardly the same thing as leaving a car somewhere for 6-9 months.

[InSaNeBoY]

Parking different places overnight is hardly the same thing as leaving a car somewhere for 6-9 months.

69 months!?

[Massive Appeal]

wait...he was already dead. who cares

[Air and water do mix]

possibly. hard to say for sure.

"Perhaps he'll be reconstituted into a child's trycycle" (Paraphrasing)

[.LSinLV.]

Update:

Car With Cremated Remains Illegally Towed and Destroyed. The Wausau towing company that towed and destroyed a car that had cremated remains inside did not have the legal right to do so, according to Wausau Police.


No criminal charges are being filed. However, this will likely be a civil law suit. How much is the loss of cremated remains worth? We shall see. I'm guessing it will be a lot more than a 94 Cougar.

http://www.wsaw.com/news/headlines/9...4.html?ref=444

this is great.....God Bless America......this idiot is going to get "rich" over his own laziness.....no matter how rough my life is, I could not fathom leaving my parents remains in a car parked behind a business for.....9 months at at time.

Granted crushing of the car was wrong and he should be compensated for this. Does anyone take responsibility for their actions (or lack their of) in this country anymore?!?!?!!?

[Matt D.]

Sue them! These tow companies urn a lot annually. They can afford it.

[sirswank]

These tow companies urn a lot

[justanotherusername]

Dead Grandpa aside, I find it hard to believe that the towing company would tow and crush a car in such a short period of time without trying to contact anyone.

A lot of the towing companies are borderline criminals anyway, so I'm not sure I'm going to side with anyone on this.

Obviously it was stupid to leave the car there for that long, but I don't think they should be able to just crush a car without attempting to let the owner know.

[SSLByron]

Crushed into scrap metal and likely bought by China and refined into cheap parts?

Shanghai Green is people!.

[Der Schaltwerks]

Obviously it was stupid to leave the car there for that long, but I don't think they should be able to just crush a car without attempting to let the owner know.

In WI, they are required to contact the owner before crushing the car. The cops determined the car was crushed improperly, but no criminal charges were issued.

[justanotherusername]

In WI, they are required to contact the owner before crushing the car. The cops determined the car was crushed improperly, but face no criminal charges.

Well, that's BS then. If I go out and completely destroy someone's car, is that Ok with WI police?

[Der Schaltwerks]

Well, that's BS then. If I go out and completely destroy someone's car, is that Ok with WI police?

I'm guessing the tow company is well connected with the local PD.

[compy222]

"Dad always said he'd junk that car over his dead body..."

[winstonsmith84]

69 months!?

Thanks Skipper.

My local mini storage place charges $20 a month for out door storage. It is as "secure" as you could hope to find for $20 ( rural setting).

When I was a kid, my dad was on the road for 2 years straight. ( sales) He managed to make it home for around 15-20 days ( not counting the days where he was driving by and stopped to visit for a bit).