{"id":309260,"date":"2026-06-16T15:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/309260\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T15:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:05:11","slug":"florida-deputies-seek-clues-to-reunite-beach-found-urn-with-its-rightful-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/309260\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida deputies seek clues to reunite beach-found urn with its rightful family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CAPTIVA, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 Florida deputies are asking for the public\u2019s help after an urn was found on a Southwest <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Florida <\/a>beach over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Lee%20County%20Sheriff&#039;s%20Office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a>, the urn was discovered on Turner Beach on June 13. Officials did not provide details on how the urn may have ended up at the location, but said efforts are underway to locate its rightful owner.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/crime-12-arrested-after-florida-uncovers-more-than-806k-in-public-assistance-fraud-in-may-chief-financial-officer-blaise-ingoglia-video-watch-snap-benefits-medicaid-arrest-grand-theft-bureau-of-public-assistance-fraud-criminal-charges-fraud-free-florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">12 arrested after Florida uncovers more than $806K in public assistance fraud in May<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Authorities are encouraging anyone who may recognize the urn or have information about who it belongs to to come forward. They emphasized the importance of returning the item to the appropriate individual or family.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lee County deputies are seeking the public\u2019s help to identify the owner of an urn found on Turner Beach on June 13, 2026. (LCSO)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8da2a196-4d77-42e4-ae73-b71c2b70176f-720192498_1483652080468192_1581132173378986842_n.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lee County deputies are seeking the public\u2019s help to identify the owner of an urn found on Turner Beach on June 13, 2026. (LCSO)<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office at 239-477-1000 and request the Evidence Division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAPTIVA, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Florida deputies are asking for the public\u2019s help after an urn was found on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-309260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}