Post by JustMyOpinion on Dec 1, 2009 19:41:47 GMT -5
I wondered if some low life creeps wouldn't think of this since the name of the street where the Maloneys lived was all over the media. Just when I thought humanity couldn't stoop any f-ing lower! This literally makes me feel sick!
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Someone broke into the home of a Sonoma family killed in a car crash, ransacked the place and stole valuables early Tuesday morning, including a family car, said Sonoma Police Chief Bret Sackett.
Memorial service setA memorial service for the Maloney family is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at the Sonoma Community Center, 276 E. Napa St., Sonoma.
“It's incredibly despicable,” said Sackett. “It's such a tragic event for a family already suffering.”
The Maloneys -- John, 45, Susan, 42, Aiden, 8, and Grace, 5 -- were killed Saturday night on their way home from a Thanksgiving vacation in Hawaii.
The burglars struck between midnight and dawn Tuesday, apparently getting in by forcing their way into the garage through a side door and kicking in a door into the home, said Sackett.
By the state of the ransacked rooms, the effort was extensive.
“It looked like they spent some considerable time there, and there probably was more than one" burglar, Sackett said.
Police were alerted to the crime at 7 a.m. by a neighbor who came outside.
“I got up to get the paper and did a doubletake and saw the (garage) door was open,” said Chris Rowland.
He called another neighbor and confirmed that extended family members were not staying at the home. He then called police.
Officers went to the two-story Fryer Creek Drive home and found it had been torn apart.
Sackett declined to release details of items taken, except for a family car, a 2006 silver Nissan 350z with California license plate number 5XOH067.
Inside the open garage door early Tuesday afternoon, investigators dusted for prints amid items typical of any garage — hoola hoops, bicycles and a box of Halloween decorations.
Damage to the garage door into the home was evident below the knob.
“I can't imagine the amount of grieving and to have this happen, it's a crime of a magnitude hard to imagine,” said neighbor Henry Garcia. He and Rowland sat on a front porch Tuesday as officers finished up their work in the garage and put the door down.
Garcia said he'd gone into his backyard at about midnight because of the moonlight. He said the Maloneys' home next door was quiet and he didn't hear anything during the night.
At the home Tuesday afternoon a wreath, candles and red roses graced the front doorstep. A few neighbors sat on a front porch nearby as police technicians wrapped up their work and closed the garage door.
John Maloney's daughter, Molly, 19, arrived at the home Tuesday afternoon with other family members. She said she was too distraught to talk about the loss of her family and the burglary.
A family member, who declined to be identified, said they were there to support each other and sort through some of the belongings in the home.
Sonoma police and Sonoma County sheriff's detectives issued an alert about the stolen car. Sackett asked anyone who sees it to contact Sonoma police at 996-3601.
At Prestwood School on Tuesday, where the two children were students, teachers still were close to tears, said Linda Tiefenthal, interim principal. Students and teachers will be free to attend a memorial service for the Maloney family, now planned for 2 p.m. Friday at the Sonoma Community Center.
Source:
www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091201/ARTICLES/912019962/1349?Title=-It-s-incredibly-despicable-dead-family-s-home-burglarized
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Someone broke into the home of a Sonoma family killed in a car crash, ransacked the place and stole valuables early Tuesday morning, including a family car, said Sonoma Police Chief Bret Sackett.
Memorial service setA memorial service for the Maloney family is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at the Sonoma Community Center, 276 E. Napa St., Sonoma.
“It's incredibly despicable,” said Sackett. “It's such a tragic event for a family already suffering.”
The Maloneys -- John, 45, Susan, 42, Aiden, 8, and Grace, 5 -- were killed Saturday night on their way home from a Thanksgiving vacation in Hawaii.
The burglars struck between midnight and dawn Tuesday, apparently getting in by forcing their way into the garage through a side door and kicking in a door into the home, said Sackett.
By the state of the ransacked rooms, the effort was extensive.
“It looked like they spent some considerable time there, and there probably was more than one" burglar, Sackett said.
Police were alerted to the crime at 7 a.m. by a neighbor who came outside.
“I got up to get the paper and did a doubletake and saw the (garage) door was open,” said Chris Rowland.
He called another neighbor and confirmed that extended family members were not staying at the home. He then called police.
Officers went to the two-story Fryer Creek Drive home and found it had been torn apart.
Sackett declined to release details of items taken, except for a family car, a 2006 silver Nissan 350z with California license plate number 5XOH067.
Inside the open garage door early Tuesday afternoon, investigators dusted for prints amid items typical of any garage — hoola hoops, bicycles and a box of Halloween decorations.
Damage to the garage door into the home was evident below the knob.
“I can't imagine the amount of grieving and to have this happen, it's a crime of a magnitude hard to imagine,” said neighbor Henry Garcia. He and Rowland sat on a front porch Tuesday as officers finished up their work in the garage and put the door down.
Garcia said he'd gone into his backyard at about midnight because of the moonlight. He said the Maloneys' home next door was quiet and he didn't hear anything during the night.
At the home Tuesday afternoon a wreath, candles and red roses graced the front doorstep. A few neighbors sat on a front porch nearby as police technicians wrapped up their work and closed the garage door.
John Maloney's daughter, Molly, 19, arrived at the home Tuesday afternoon with other family members. She said she was too distraught to talk about the loss of her family and the burglary.
A family member, who declined to be identified, said they were there to support each other and sort through some of the belongings in the home.
Sonoma police and Sonoma County sheriff's detectives issued an alert about the stolen car. Sackett asked anyone who sees it to contact Sonoma police at 996-3601.
At Prestwood School on Tuesday, where the two children were students, teachers still were close to tears, said Linda Tiefenthal, interim principal. Students and teachers will be free to attend a memorial service for the Maloney family, now planned for 2 p.m. Friday at the Sonoma Community Center.
Source:
www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091201/ARTICLES/912019962/1349?Title=-It-s-incredibly-despicable-dead-family-s-home-burglarized
