The parents of an 11-year-old girl who died of cancer are pleading for the return of sentimental photographs and video footage stolen during a break-in.
Mark and Anne-Marie Edwards have been left devastated after burglars stole a camera, Camcorder and laptop containing images of their daughter, Caitlyn who passed away five years ago after a battle with leukaemia.
Burglars struck at the property in Sandy Lane, Garden City some time over the last four days.
Police are now investigating and have urged anyone with information to come forward.
Investigating officer, DC Jeanette Coyle at Mold CID said: “Sometime over the last four days a house in Sandy Lane, Garden City was broken into and amongst the property stolen are significantly sentimental photographs of the victim’s 11-year-old daughter, Caitlyn who tragically passed away five years ago.
“The photographs are in a Fuji Film Fine Pix digital camera, silver JVC hard disk hand-held Camcorder and stored on a Packard Bell lap-top, all of which were stolen during the course of the break-in. “Also stolen was a quantity of jewellery in a box inscribed: ‘To Princess Mummy, for all your beautiful things, love Kaelan’ (Caitlyn’s surviving sibling).”
DC Coyle added, “Being the victim of a domestic burglary is very distressing and whilst a full list of stolen property is still being compiled, it is the loss of Caitlyn’s photographs that the family are understandably most distraught over and on their behalf I’m pleading with anyone in the community who knows anything about this incident to contact police ASAP so we can have a chance of saving the photographs and returning them to the family.”
The officer continued: “Whilst the investigation into residential burglaries is a North Wales Police priority, it must be emphasised that we need assistance from our local communities to both reduce incidents of this nature and identify those responsible.
“It is worth reminding all house holders to be vigilant at all times, always ensure your property is locked and secured and if you see any suspicious behaviour contact police immediately.”
In 2007, family friend Tracey Wells cut off all her hair in support of the youngster, who was then seven and waiting for a bone marrow transplant.
She finished her original treatment in September 2005 and was in remission for 15 months, but relapsed in December 2006.
Caitlyn sadly died in July 2011.
* Anyone with information is urged to call police on 101 or via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 quoting incident reference number RC 1612 0867.
see-http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/burglary-garden-city-caitlyn-edwards-11747075
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