Lifelong South Boston resident Jessyca Doyle is hoping whoever stole the Charlie Chaplin statue from her facet yard will quickly return it, no questions requested.

The colourful three-and-a-half-foot-tall statue isn’t only a ornament — it comprises the ashes of her father and grandfather.

Doyle mentioned she believes she final noticed the 40-pound statue outdoors her residence in Dorchester Heights on June 2. Her aunt and cousin seen it lacking on June 5.

“We have now a variety of completely different members of the family inside Southie who would drive by and see the little statue and say a prayer or consider my dad. And now it’s gone,” she informed NBC10 Boston.

The statue was certainly one of Doyle’s father’s final portray tasks. So when he died in 2018, she mentioned, the household determined to place his ashes in it. Then, when her grandfather, Daniel “Babar” Doyle, died in 2020, the household determined to put him to relaxation along with his son, who was additionally named Daniel Doyle.

“Remembering when he initially painted the statue was certainly one of my most outstanding reminiscences after I visited,” Doyle informed NBC10 Boston. “It means loads to me. It means — sort of like my dad by no means left, he’s all the time watching over me.”

Doyle mentioned she contacted Boston police in regards to the theft Thursday and that they got here to her residence to research the scene. She mentioned anybody with details about the theft ought to contact police.

Even so, Doyle mentioned she’s glad for somebody to easily return the statue to her residence, and that her household understands it may need simply been taken as a drunken prank.

“We simply need my grandpa and pa residence, and we’re hoping that they get residence earlier than Father’s Day,” she mentioned.