My daughter died as a result of injuries she suffered in an auto accident on a lonely stretch of road outside Jasper, Indiana, several years ago. She was airlifted to a local hospital, then to the coroner’s office, then taken to a local funeral home in Jasper, then her body was flown to a funeral home in Houston. Accompanying her remains was all her jewelry, cell phone and her purse including all her credit cards and a couple hundred dollars in cash. Nothing really mattered except for her jewelry which I wanted to keep and was simply amazed that everything was intact, especially since it probably passed through so many hands. Someone along the way had even turned off her cellphone because it still had almost a full charge left and lots and lots of messages. Just a whole bunch of honest, caring people in that part of the country.
First my deepest sympathies for your loss. The critical thing that matters is that the first responder to inventory her items was apparently good and honest. While it most likely did pass through many hands, there was a chain of custody so if anything went missing along the way, the last person to have signed for it would have had some 'splainin' to do. The fortunate thing was the first person took good care of your daughter's possessions and took the time to do a careful, detailed inventory. That went a long way to keeping everybody else in the chain honest.
Grams A, I’m so sorry about your daughter. There are more honest law enforcement officials out there than not. I’m so glad your family didn’t have to suffer a double tragedy through theft of her belongings. It sickens me to hear stories about this especially since my Hub is a retired police officer, our son is an active police officer as is our son-in-law and I’m so proud of them all. God bless you and your family.
Grams A, I’m so sorry about your daughter. There are more honest law enforcement officials out there than not. I’m so glad your family didn’t have to suffer a double tragedy through theft of her belongings. It sickens me to hear stories about this especially since my Hub is a retired police officer, our son is an active police officer as is our son-in-law and I’m so proud of them all. God bless you and your family.
So sorry for your loss. Truly a parents worst nightmare. I pray you have peace.
Thanks for sharing - You're story - thankfully - is the norm... and you're right - there are 'a whole bunch of honest caring people ..." in all lines of work. And there are filthy dirty criminals in all lines of work too. I suspect the cop in this story will be out of work - and respect - for many years.