A family is looking for a miracle after their trailer was stolen.Inside were priceless heirlooms and memories. Now, the family says, the thief is holding them for ransom.“He’s basically holding it hostage until we send him amounts of money through Cash App,” said Austin Hodges, who owns the trailer.Last Saturday, thieves stole the one thing the Hodges family treasures most: not their trailer, but what was inside.”It’s not about the trailer, it’s about the memory boxes I can never replace,” Hodges said.Surveillance video shows a white van driving off, filled with five Tupperware boxes stuffed with memories.”We have like his first little league uniform in there, we have the gown he came home from the hospital, my christening gown that my daughter wore that I wanted her daughter to wear. Just all those precious memories you’ll never get back,” Hodges said.Hoping for a miracle, the family posted on social media. That’s when they received a suspicious text.”They just said, ‘Hey, we know where your trailer is,’ and my husband was like, yeah, sure you do. This is a scam,” Hodges said. “My husband was like, ‘If you really know where our trailer is, send me a picture.’ The guy sends us a picture of our trailer.”In exchange for an address, they gave the man $250.”We wanted to bless him for doing such a good deed. He said that’s what he was doing,” Hodges said.But the address never came.”Now, he’s trying to extort us for more money. He has completely cut off all contact,” Hodges said. Robbed and scammed, the family feels violated. “He doesn’t care about the blue tricycle that was inside that my son learned to pedal on. It’s worthless. All of this is worthless to anyone else but us!” Hodges said.
A family is looking for a miracle after their trailer was stolen.
Inside were priceless heirlooms and memories.
Now, the family says, the thief is holding them for ransom.
“He’s basically holding it hostage until we send him amounts of money through Cash App,” said Austin Hodges, who owns the trailer.
Last Saturday, thieves stole the one thing the Hodges family treasures most: not their trailer, but what was inside.
“It’s not about the trailer, it’s about the memory boxes I can never replace,” Hodges said.
Surveillance video shows a white van driving off, filled with five Tupperware boxes stuffed with memories.
“We have like his first little league uniform in there, we have the gown he came home from the hospital, my christening gown that my daughter wore that I wanted her daughter to wear. Just all those precious memories you’ll never get back,” Hodges said.
Hoping for a miracle, the family posted on social media. That’s when they received a suspicious text.
“They just said, ‘Hey, we know where your trailer is,’ and my husband was like, yeah, sure you do. This is a scam,” Hodges said. “My husband was like, ‘If you really know where our trailer is, send me a picture.’ The guy sends us a picture of our trailer.”
In exchange for an address, they gave the man $250.
“We wanted to bless him for doing such a good deed. He said that’s what he was doing,” Hodges said.
But the address never came.
“Now, he’s trying to extort us for more money. He has completely cut off all contact,” Hodges said.
Robbed and scammed, the family feels violated.
“He doesn’t care about the blue tricycle that was inside that my son learned to pedal on. It’s worthless. All of this is worthless to anyone else but us!” Hodges said.
