How to unlock an iphone5/5s i found?

So a year ago, I found an iphone5/5s (not sure) in a cab. It was low battery so I was only able to turn it on a few days later. Now, the problem is the owner had reset the phone via icloud and now I can't access anything. The owner says "iphone lost. If found contact" but that's like a year ago so I doubt he still cares about it now. How do I unlock it?

People always care

maybe it has photos of his now dead child on it

contact the real owner - thats what you would hope someone would do for you

Hand it in to the cops

How about you lose something that's valuable - we'll just assume that you don't care about it any more? It's your own fault that the owner hasn't been able to find the phone. Why did you even bother to take the phone from the taxi? If you left it in the cab the owner could have tracked it down. The driver could have tracked the owner down. It happens all he time. You see stories like that in the papers all the time. You've basically stolen that phone. The only people who can answer this question are iPhone owners, like the one you stole that phone from.

Nothing you could do. Doesn't matter if it was a year + ago still not yours.

Only way past iCloud Activation Lock is to enter the password.

Give it back you Cretan

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