There are things about this story that the associated press freaks are reporting that aren't adding up. I don't know any thief that would not have taken that camera or electronics in a thieving raid. Stuff like that can be sold quick on the black market or on ebay, and no one would be none the wiser. I can't imagine why they would steal a robotic leg, unless they wanted the scrap metal parts from it. I've heard recent stories that people's houses that have that aluminum siding have been stolen by thieves. Metals are becoming a precious commodity in the market, especially with the soaring prices of gold, silver and platinum metals.
Frankly, I believe that the parents set the whole thing up to get insurance money or something. I knew a few people who have done such horrible acts of scamming insurance companies because they were desperate for money. I was desperate enough to get away from them, as once you start scamming an insurance company one time, then you start doing it all the time. My neighbors next door can tell you themselves because they do it all the time.
I don't need to wonder why Yahweh tells me that it's time to move out. Money has ruined many good people. Whether money is the motive behind the leg being stolen or not, you draw the conclusion yourself with the article below:
Updated:2006-02-15 09:50:19
Girl's Prosthetic Leg Stolen a Second Time
AP
TEMPLE CITY, Calif. (Feb. 15) - For the second time in recent months, somebody broke into a 16-year-old girl's home and stole her prosthetic leg - including one that had been donated following the first crime, authorities said.
The thieves took a $12,000 cosmetic leg and a donated $16,000 leg that Melissa Huff uses to play softball, her mother, Lisa Huff, said. She said a camera in the room was untouched.
"It's insane. Who hates her that bad?" Lisa Huff said. "I went back to the girls' room and the room was trashed. Mostly Melissa's stuff."
In the first theft, on Nov. 1, someone cut a hole in a window screen and also took video games and other items, authorities said. Her doctor and two real estate finance companies donated money for a new, shock-absorbent "sports leg" with a flexible foot.
On Tuesday, the thief pried open a screen window in the home, about 12 miles east of Los Angeles, said sheriff's Sgt. Russell Sprague. He said authorities have no leads.
Melissa's right leg was amputated two years ago after she was struck by a car. She resumed playing competitive softball after the accident and is now a high school sophomore.
"Now, she has nothing to walk with," said her father, David Huff.
The Associated Press.
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