AUSTIN (KXAN)—Rebecca Harrison’s Kia Sportage was stolen from her driveway, easily, for the second time in less than a year in Austin. And this time, she thinks the person who took it, left detailed notes of future targets.
Despite extensive evidence, including surveillance video, Harrison worries police may not catch the person or people responsible. That’s because some items left behind, she believes, by the person who stole the vehicle are still in it.
Security video shows a car pulling up to a home off Cottonwood Shores Drive in east Austin around 1 a.m. on April 22, according to Harrison. Two people got out of a car and quickly stole Harrison’s Kia from her driveway. “I was dumbfounded,” Harrison said. “There’s no alarm going off. They had no trouble stealing this.”
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Harrison said she got Kia’s anti-theft program installed after the first time it was stolen, but it didn’t work.
Vehicle located, items left behind
An Austin Police Department officer called Harrison on April 23, notifying her, that her car had been located.
“They [the people who stole it] had like, ripped the handle off, thrown it to the side,” Harrison said. “There’s steering column damage. The bag of sun chips are not mine, so they must have gotten hungry with all the theft.”…