How to Return Deposits to Their Owners

Question
I used to work in sewing and left the profession out of fear of accountability. The important thing is that some customers left pieces of fabric and some clothes that I sewed, and some of them were not completed. I distributed part of it, but what should I do with the rest and what should I do about what happened before, knowing that no one has asked for years? I do not want to be held accountable by God, so I want to clear my conscience before I die.
Answer
I say, and with God's help: You can give in charity all that remains of your goods for the people if you are unable to return them to their owners and have lost hope of asking them; because it is like a found item, and the obligation regarding it is to give charity to the poor, and God knows best.
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