A Calgary woman is on the hunt for her truck and her pup’s ashes after both were stolen from outside her son’s home.
Sherry Payette told Global News she discovered the 1995 GMC half-tonne was missing on the morning of May 1.Also gone, the ashes belonging to her Siberian husky Tamika, who had passed away back in 2018.View image in full screenSurveillance camera footage from neighbouring homes showed Payette’s truck driving away shortly before 4:30 a.m., just an hour before she got up. The theft took less than five minutes to carry out and it was done on a busy and well-lit street.
Payette believes the thieves had actually already cased out the home and the truck, pointing to some signs her truck had been tampered with in the days leading up to the theft. Neighours also captured a white van canvassing the area shortly before.Calgary police told Global News the number of vehicle thefts has been on the rise.
“During COVID we saw a decrease in vehicle thefts,” Const. Stuart Polege with the crime prevention unit said. “People were home more so the access to the vehicles was not there as much. But it’s starting to go up again.”
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