Couple moving across the country has trailer and truck full of mementos stolen
© Provided by WBBM Radio Chicago Police lights.A Utah couple moving to Kansas this week is asking for help locating their truck and trailer full of their belongings after it was stolen sometime on Tuesday morning.
Matthew Fuller shared with KSL TV[1] that the truck went missing after his father-in-law parked the vehicle in a hotel parking lot near the Denver airport.
“(He) came outside, and the truck was gone,” Matthew Fuller told KSL TV. “I wouldn’t wish it on anybody.”
The couple tried to think ahead in the case of potential theft, placing Apple AirTags in their luggage and trailer, but whoever took the vehicle found the tracking devices and threw them out.
Matthew Fuller shared with the news outlet that he, his wife, and their son were headed to Wichita, Kansas, where he recently received a new job after graduating from Utah Tech University.
After accepting the job offer and finding a new home, Matthew Fuller loaded up his family’s belongings as he and his father-in-law began the journey to Kansas.
Lindsey Fuller and her mother took to the sky instead of driving with their husbands.
She shared with KSL TV that the items stolen in the truck included childhood journals and mementos, her wedding dress, and wedding rings, all things she says they can’t replace.
“Everything,” Lindsey Fuller said, fighting back tears. “Everything that means something to us — it’s not just replaceable furniture.”
Matthew Fuller shared that they are working with police to find the truck and trailer, but he suspects those who took them have considerable theft experience.
“It’s not looking very good considering the air tags that we had in suitcases in the trailer — they found them, and they threw them out,” he said.
While police continue to investigate, Matthew Fuller and his father-in-law are continuing their drive to Wichita in a different vehicle.
In an effort to recoup some of their losses, family members of the couple have set up a GoFundMe[2] account.
“It’s just depressing,” Matthew Fuller said. “It’s heartbreaking to move into a new house with nothing to move in — it’s all gone.”