A UK mother Natasha Emeny from Lincoln was shocked when her one-year-old son Koah consumed her father's ashes while she was briefly upstairs handling laundry. Koah, who had never shown interest in the urn before, accessed it and spread the ashes around. Despite the shocking incident, Natasha later found some humor in the situation, which attracted widespread attention.
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