Case of mystery ashes solved by News 6 viewer

Ashes will be reunited with Bradley Howard Wise's sister

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – A call to the newsroom from a News 6 viewer who watched this story Monday night led to the discovery of the sister of Bradley Howard Wise in Elwood, Pennsylvania.

News 6 connected Wise’s sister to Sandy Bush, who located the ashes. The sister believed she had buried her brother years ago with her mother.

As it turns out, the small box of ashes found in Florida is just half of Bradley Howard Wise’s remains.

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The friend keeping the storage unit in which the ashes were discovered kept half of his ashes and mailed the rest to his sister in Pennsylvania.

Wise’s sister had no idea.

Bush said she spoke to the sister for 30 minutes to fill in the gaps, and plans on mailing the rest of the ashes to Pennsylvania.

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Read Monday night's report