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| Belleville, IL family hoping car break-in thief returns child's prosthetic leg |
| 2019-03-03 |
| [St. Louis Post Dispatch] BELLEVILLE • While trying to quietly get her sleeping 4-year-old daughter into her Belleville apartment and into bed Thursday night, Brie Rainey forgot to lock her car doors. Sometime between the hours of 8 p.m. and 8 a.m., someone broke into her and her neighbor’s unlocked cars in the parking lot to their apartment complex and stole her 3-year-old son’s black backpack. Inside was a custom-made prosthetic leg that has made it possible for Josiah to walk since he was 1 even though he was born without a left leg. Rainey estimates it could take as long as four months to replace the $10,000 device. Most of the cost was covered by insurance and Shriners Hospital for Children, but the Raineys still have a portion to pay. "Think about not walking for four months and how much you lose in that time period as well as what you could have gained in that period," she said. "It’s a big deal. "We know we will get it replaced, but we are hoping we find the old one so we don’t have to go through the whole process." Belleville police Chief William Clay did not return a phone call seeking comment. |
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