"I was actually shocked. Mori said it felt like a total violation of my parents. The niche is sacred. On Nov. 17, 2025, the same day the Mori family reported the missing items from Highland Memory Gardens in North York, Halton police held a news conference detailing a string of thefts at eight cemeteries across the Toronto, Halton and Niagara region."
"Officers had arrested a 45-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman, both of no fixed address, at a Niagara Falls motel on Nov. 7, they reported. A search of the motel and a vehicle led to the recovery of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry and stolen items. The co-accused are currently facing 140 counts between them, including six counts of indignity to human remains, 20 counts of indecent interference of human remains and dozens of theft charges."
"The Mori family were able to get only one of their parents' prized possessions back. But brothers Darren and Derek Mori are going public to warn those in a state of grief that it's important to weigh the sentimental value of filling a niche with the risk it might be stolen."
Darren Mori discovered his parents' niche at Highland Memory Gardens in North York had been robbed of cherished items including a jade ring, sapphire ring, and frog pendant, though the urns remained intact. On the same day the Mori family reported the theft, Halton police announced arrests of a 45-year-old man and 31-year-old woman following a coordinated investigation into thefts at eight cemeteries across the Toronto, Halton, and Niagara region. Officers recovered thousands of dollars worth of jewelry and stolen items from a Niagara Falls motel. The two accused face 140 combined charges including indignity to human remains and theft. The Mori brothers recovered only one item and are warning grieving families about the risks of placing sentimental valuables in cemetery niches.
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