Posted on 03/03/2006 1:23:27 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
POSTED: 8:52 am EST March 3, 2006
UPDATED: 2:12 pm EST March 3, 2006
ARCADIA, Calif. -- A 16-year-old girl's prosthetic legs, which were stolen twice since November, have been quietly returned, police said.
Melissa Huff's mother found the legs in her unlocked car, which she had parked at Arcadia High School.
"Nobody was seen in or around the car," Arcadia police Lt. Ken Harper said. "There were no witnesses. We lifted some fingerprints and will see if there is any match."
Huff's right leg was amputated below the knee after she was struck by a car two years ago.
The first theft happened Nov. 1, when someone cut a hole in a window screen in Huff's home and stole a $12,000 cosmetic leg. Her doctor and two companies donated money for a new, $16,000 sports leg, which she uses to play softball on the Arcadia High team.
The stolen leg was tossed into the family's back yard in January.
Melissa Huff's mother found the legs in her
unlocked car, which she had parked at
Arcadia High School.
But on Valentine's Day, somebody stole both legs after prying open a screen window. She had been unable to wear either prosthetic at the time because of a surgery. The legs were returned Wednesday, but had graffiti on them.
She was scheduled Friday to pick up another new leg, which the community rallied to buy for her.
Huff said she and her family believe the thief knows her.
"It doesn't bother me," she said. "I'm not scared of them."
Arcadia is about 24 miles east of Los Angeles.
Girl's prosthetic legs stolen for second time Reuters ^ | 2/17/06 | Aarthi Sivaraman
Posted on 02/18/2006 1:23:46 PM CST by wagglebee
Something doesn't add up here.
Agreed, which makes this comment even more strange.
I'd bet $20 it's a female clasmate. Highschool girls can be vicious.
Am I the only one who wonders why a repeated victim of a high-value theft still leaves her car unlocked??
Well, in this case . . .
Mom?
I just find it disgusting that anybody would even jokingly do something like this.
And high school boys can't?
This story is really odd. How sick is this?
There's only one person I can think of...
I don't know the answer to this.
But I sure hope it is a real story.
Because if it ends up that this story ends up with the line, "all the other guys just kind of left her hanging",
I'm going to be really upset....
Holy cow. That's a miracle.
Oh...wait. I misunderstood the headline. Someone returned them.
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