Saskatoon woman asking thieves to return her father's ashes, guitar
CBC
Karen Malanowich says that when she walked into her apartment on Friday, it looked like a tsunami had rampaged through.
All the kitchen cupboards were open, clothes were strewn on the floor and corn starch was all over the kitchen, according to the Saskatoon woman.
The 51-year-old's fight-or-flight instinct kicked in when she realized someone had broken into her home.
Standing in the middle of the chaos, Malanowich realized the thieves had not only ransacked her place, they had taken some of the things most precious to her: a silk bag with her father's ashes and his old guitar.
"It's hard not to get emotional about it," she said.
"They took stuff that … means a lot to me, and I know to them it doesn't"
Malanowich had a busy morning the day she was burglarized.
After visiting with her mother and running some errands, the Saskatoon woman picked up her 12-year-old grandniece and the two returned to Malanowich's apartment around 3:45 p.m. CST, she said.
That's when the Saskatoon woman noticed her door was open.
"I never felt so much panic," she said.
"It's quite traumatizing when your house gets broken into, and this is the first time this has ever happened to me.… They just went through everything."
Malanowich called the police to report the break and enter, scared the thieves would return to grab more things.
The Saskatoon Police Service said officers responded to her apartment on the 3800 block of Luther Place in the College Park neighbourhood. In an email to CBC, police said Malanowich's file has been forwarded to the break and enter unit to determine if there are further avenues for investigation.
Malanowich said she doesn't remember exactly what she told police.
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