Man finds $3,100 in trash

A man in Stuart, Florida found $3,100 in cash while rummaging through the trash behind his apartment complex.  Warren Bendix was sifting through garbage in a trash pile when he came across a framed photo of the Apollo 8 launch that caught his eye.  He liked the photo but did not like the frame, so he set about removing it.  He soon made a startling discovery:  three envelopes containing 24 $100 bills and 35 $20 bills--$3,100 in all. 

Instead of pocketing the money, Bendix called the Stuart police and turned the money in.  "No, that large sum of money I wouldn't keep," Bendix said. "If it was something small maybe, but not that large sum of money. Somebody needed it. They lost it."  Police traced the photo to the apartment of a deceased person; the complex had cleaned out the person's belongings and discarded them to ready the apartment for new occupants.  If the sum of money goes unclaimed for 90 days, and police cannot find any heirs in that time, the money will go to Bendix. 

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