A grieving mother has spoken out and urged the burglars who broke into her home to return her daughter’s ashes.

31-year-old Catherine Farrell-Breen from Birmingham, England, was left devastated after thieves broke into her Garretts Green home and walked away with some cash, a Nintendo Switch, and the urn containing her stillborn baby daughter’s ashes.

Following the Thursday afternoon burglary, the mother-of-two spoke out and pleaded with the thieves to return the urn and its contents.

“I am devastated. Phoenix was my first child and was stillborn. She would have been ten in August. I cherish her ashes which I keep in an urn in my bedroom,” Catherine said in an interview with BirminghamLive.

“On her birthday, Loretta, Larissa and myself go out bowling to celebrate. We always keep her memory alive.”

She went on to explain that the urn alone has no value but that its contents mean the world to her.

“The urn is worth nothing. They must have seen the gold color and thought it was an expensive vase so they took it,” she added.

“It is of no monetary value but it just means the world to me. I ask these people: if you have a heart, please return it.

“This has just brought everything back to me – the heartache of losing Phoenix. It is like it is happening all over again.”

Meanwhile, the West Midlands Police urged anyone with information about the burglary at Clopton Road in Garretts Green to step forward and contact the authorities immediately.

“We’re asking for your help to locate a stolen urn like the one pictured. It was taken earlier today when someone broke into a home on Clopton Road, Garretts Green in Birmingham,” the police wrote in a statement.

“The urn contains the ashes of the homeowner’s first child, who was stillborn almost ten years ago, so we are desperate to get it back for her.”

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