Coffs Harbour: Mum begs thief to return baby boy’s ashes after overnight burglary

A Coffs Harbour mum has made a desperate plea for a thief to do the right thing and return the ashes of her baby boy that she has carried in her handbag for more than 16 years.

A palm-sized box containing the ashes of baby Finn Mills has been stolen, along with a handbag, in an overnight burglary in Coffs Harbour.

A Coffs Harbour mother has spent the last 16 years carrying the ashes of her baby boy, who died minutes before he was born, in her handbag.

Cath Mills has been left devastated after her handbag, containing the palm-sized

box with the ashes, was stolen from her Long St home on Tuesday night.

Ms Mills said she had always been careful with her baby boy Finn’s ashes so that she was always close to him.

“I’m too scared to have them in the house in case there’s a fire and I’m too scared to have them in the car in case they get stolen, so I have him in my handbag,” Ms Mills said.

The ashes of baby Finn Alexander Mills have been in his mum’s handbag which has been stolen.

Finn was born on March 18 2008 and died just two minutes before he was born.

Ms Mills said her son Finn Alexander Mills weighed nine and half pounds at birth and “looked absolutely perfect”.

“I just need him home,” she said.

“I don’t care where you put it.

Chris Mills is calling on a thief to return the small box containing her baby boy's ashes after it was stolen in a handbag this week in Coffs Harbour.

“It doesn’t have to be here and it doesn’t have to be at the police [station] either. Just take him anywhere.”

She said the community’s response to her social media post asking for people to look for the small box had lifted her spirits.

“There’s people out looking to see if my bag has been dumped,” she said.

“I’m sure someone will recognise the box. I need to bring him home.”

Coffs/Clarence police have confirmed the matter is under investigation.

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Originally published as Coffs Harbour: Mum begs thief to return baby boy’s ashes after overnight burglary