CENTRAL OHIO New homeowner finds money stashed in attic

The previous owner's father was known to hide money.
COLUMBUS (AP) -- While remodeling the attic of a house she bought two weeks ago, Caress Penelton found something that could have paid her renovation costs -- $20,000 in wads of 20- and 50-dollar bills.
But instead of keeping the money stashed behind a large ceramic sink, she returned it to the family who owned the house before she did.
The bundles were marked with slips of paper with the name "H.W. Wilson" and listing the year each had been stashed away, mostly during the 1980s.
Penelton, 39, gave the money back to Brenda Marshall, the previous owner. Her father, Huriam Wilson, didn't trust banks and was known to hide money throughout the house, the family said.
Wilson's grandson Keith Marshall says family members found several shoeboxes of money in the house in the eight years since Wilson's death.
"It wasn't the first time," said Keith Marshall, 22. "When I was real young, we found lots in the floor boards."
Wilson's past
According to an obituary, Wilson died in 1996 at the age of 80. He served in the Army during World War II and was an employee of Columbus Public Schools and Children's Hospital.
The money found last week was divided among Wilson's five children -- Brenda Marshall, a sister and three brothers.
Penelton said she didn't get a reward for turning over the money but never thought about keeping it.
"The reward is returning the money," she said.
And if she finds any more wads of cash, she says she knows what she'll do.
"I told them I'd call them," she said. "It's not my money."