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Packers' running back says necklace with father's ashes lost in endzone was found

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (KTRK) -- A very special case of lost and found involving Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones lit up social media Tuesday morning.

Aaron, who grew up in El Paso and played college football at the University of Texas at El Paso, lost a necklace with a football pendant bearing the ashes of his late father, Alvin Jones Sr.

Alvin died of complications of COVID-19 in April at age 57 after being hospitalized for the illness, the El Paso Times reported.

Monday night was Aaron's first game back at Lambeau Field since his father's death, and also marked the first game that Alvin wouldn't see his son play.