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A Chicago father has been stunned to get junk mail addressed to him and "daughter killed in car crash". The envelope address's second line had the designation about his 17-year-old daughter, who was tragically killed last year when the SUV in which she was a passenger crashed into a tree.
Mike Seay told US media he mourns his daughter, Ashley, daily, and that the letter from office and stationery supply firm OfficeMax caused he and his wife more pain. He was also mystified as to how the corporation sourced the information.
"Why would they have that type of information? Why would they need that?" Seay said in an interview with NBC Chicago. "What purpose does it serve anybody to know that? And how much other types of other information do they have if they have that on me, or anyone else? And how do they use that, what do they use that for?"
When Mr Seay first contact OfficeMax about what had happened, a manager told him it was impossible. However the company has since blamed a mailing list supplier, and apologised to Mr Seay.
"We are deeply sorry that Mr. Seay and his family received this mailing from us, and we are reaching out to Mr. Seay to convey our sincerest apologies on this unfortunate matter. This mailing is a result of a mailing list rented through a third-party provider. We have reached out to the third-party mailing list provider to research what happened," a spokesperson told NBC.
This reporter is on Twitter: @KarlaPincott
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