Thief Returned Terminally Ill Woman's Camera

Posted by Alex in Crime & Law on December 13, 2008 at 12:42 am


Jami McElrath got her camera stolen when a thief broke into her car. When the thief found out that Jami is terminally ill, he had a change of heart and returned the camera:

McElrath, who has inoperable cancer, was collecting photos to place in a scrapbook for her children so they could remember her after she was gone. The camera had belonged to her father, who died of a heart attack two years ago.

The woman told her heart-wrenching story to Dallas-area news station WFAA TV, appealing to the burglar to return the camera. [...]

Then something remarkable happened. A few days after the story aired, Douglas got a call from a man who told him to look behind a red car in the station’s parking lot. The caller didn’t leave his name; he said only that he felt bad about the incident and wanted to return the camera.

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14 comments to "Thief Returned Terminally Ill Woman's Camera"

  1. Woogie
    December 13th, 2008 at 1:20 am

    I hope they still arrest the thieving maggot. What? If you're not dying of a disease, it's fine to take peoples stuff? Guy's still a wanker.

  2. Ali S.
    December 13th, 2008 at 2:30 am

    At least the thief was kind enough to return something that money couldn't replace...that counts for something, right?

  3. Mouserz
    December 13th, 2008 at 3:04 am

    Well thats sweet.

  4. raina_c
    December 13th, 2008 at 4:46 am

    I'm one that's hardcore when it comes to criminals (like Nancy Grace), but I still think the story was nice and who knows maybe this will make the thief think before he does something like this again...I mean he has a conscience so that's good. If he does it again, then throw the book at him.

  5. Evilbeagle
    December 13th, 2008 at 6:37 am

    The thief doesn't deserve mercy of any sort, but it is refreshing to hear of a criminal with a scrap of conscience.

  6. DOJ
    December 13th, 2008 at 6:56 am

    Sometimes Robin Hood steals from the poor on accident

  7. liphttam1
    December 13th, 2008 at 11:00 am

    Don't do the crime, if you cant take the pain.

  8. GailW
    December 13th, 2008 at 1:14 pm

    This is one of the reasons I feel that stealing is just as bad as murder.

  9. Max Power
    December 13th, 2008 at 2:49 pm

    @GailW

    ............................ I'm not calling you anything for the blog's sake. :S

  10. mustardhamsters
    December 13th, 2008 at 6:34 pm

    Mr. Rogers' car was stolen once, and the thieves returned that too.

  11. vero4902
    December 13th, 2008 at 9:45 pm

    That is nice... not that it makes the guy stealing it in the first place "okay", but at least he has a heart.

  12. Christophe
    December 14th, 2008 at 12:57 am

    Tsss... Thieves are not what they used to be : he could have extorted some good money out of somebody who had nothing to loose.
    ;p

  13. ted
    December 14th, 2008 at 9:18 am

    Geez. Most thieves don't give a crap about the situation of the people they steal from. It's called "no conscience".
    Maybe this guy just couldn't sell it fast enough.

  14. sloane
    December 14th, 2008 at 11:53 am

    Maybe he didn't feel like with that much publicity he'd be able to sell it and decided he might as well give it back.


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