Widow devastated by iPad theft
A widow on holiday in Albany says she feels violated after thieves stole the last memories of her late husband.
Ina Liuzzi, who was using an iPad to store the last photos and videos she took of her late husband Peter before he died about 18 months ago, lost it all after her brother’s car was broken into at a popular picnic spot on the Kalgan River last week.
The thieves stole about $2000 worth of technology and cash, but Mrs Liuzzi said it was most heart wrenching to lose the memories.
“The iPad was in my large tote bag with a handbag and all my bits and pieces inside it, because I’m travelling,” she said.
“They stole my iPad and it had photos on it from my husband just before he died.”
The photos of Mrs Liuzzi and her husband were taken during a trip to New Zealand shortly before he died, and she was desperate to get them back.
“We spent two weeks in New Zealand before Peter got sick. Actually he started to get sick while we were there and it was only a couple of months later when he passed away,” she said.
Mrs Liuzzi’s brother, Harrie Martens, who is showing her around Albany, said he was ashamed people had done this to his sister in his home town.
“I’m trying to show my sister how beautiful our city is and up until this happened, my sister was quite impressed by Albany, but this has put a bit of a dampener on it all,” he said.
Mrs Liuzzi said she would do anything to get her iPad back.
She said everything was insured and the theft had been reported to police, who she said had been wonderful.
Mr Martens said he wanted to warn other tourists. “I just want to reinforce to visitors not to leave valuables in their car when they are at popular picnic areas,” he said
Albany police Senior Sergeant Nathan Parkey said he would not only warn tourists about leaving valuables in cars, but everyone.
“Anyone who is parking their car needs to be aware that people are targeting valuables in cars,” he said.
“It’s best to leave valuables at home, rather than on the back seat.”
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