"It was precious to him, so I had to help find it!"

Connor Datri treasured the locket that held a pinch of his late mom's ashes. When he lost it on the soccer field, he was heartbroken, sure it was gone forever. But for one kind stranger, giving up was not an option

- Bill Holton

Ten-year-old Connor Datri was visibly upset when he got home to his grandmother's house after soccer practice. "What's the matter?" Melissa Moriarty asked.

"Oh Mimi!" Connor burst into tears. "I lost Mommy!"

"What do you mean?" Melissa asked, baffled.

Connor held up a broken chain. "It broke when I fell down. We looked and looked but we couldn't find her!"

Connor and his brother, Alex, 13, lived with their grandmother. Their mom had died after a car crash, and the only thing the boys had left of her were matching lockets, tiny gold hearts holding her fingerprint and a pinch of her ashes. Connor rarely took his off.

"It's got to be there somewhere," Melissa said, and headed back to the Plymouth, Massachusetts, school field with Connor, Alex and her son, Kyle. They searched until long past dark, but they had no luck.