Pupil mixed grandfather’s ashes in biscuit, say police

A high school student mixed her cremated grandfather’s ashes into homemade biscuits and shared them with classmates, police in California said.

The student and a friend baked the biscuits and shared them with at least nine classmates at their school near Sacramento on October 4, said Davis Police lieutenant Paul Doroshov.

He said the Da Vinci Charter Academy students told some of their classmates that the biscuits contained human ashes.

He said police investigators interviewed nine students who ate the biscuits, and said there were other supporting details that he declined to disclose that make the allegations credible.

Mr Doroshov said the students are unlikely to be charged with a crime, even if one can be found that would apply.

A classmate who said that he unknowingly took a bite of one of the biscuits said he believes they contained human ashes.

Andy Knox said: “She told me there’s a special ingredient in the cookie.”

Headteacher Tyler Millsap said in a statement posted on Facebook and emailed to parents that the incident “has been particularly challenging and we have responded appropriately”.

He said those who were involved in the incident “are remorseful and this is now a personal family matter”.