A Pennsylvania man is facing criminal charges after flushing his grandparents’ ashes down the toilet.
Thomas Porter Wells, 33, allegedly did the deed after his mother kicked him out of her house because of his drinking habit and marijuana use.
Wells texted his mother later, saying “and soon as you die you’ll be going in the same spot where you belong down the (expletive) you (expletive).”
Denise Porter, Well’s mother, reported the crime to police in February, stating that her son had flushed the remains of her dead mother and father down the toilet before leaving her home.
Porter had kept the ashes in a box alongside a memorial in her bedroom. She said she thinks the ashes were disposed of in September but did not learn about the incident until later from another relative.
The court complaint alleges Wells denied the charge when confronted by Porter but later sent her the threatening text.
Wells faces two counts of abuse of a corpse and criminal mischief.
