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WOMAN SAYS WHEN A
BURGLAR BROKE INTO HER
HOME, THE THIEF NOT
ONLY TOOK HER PENDANT
...BUT SOMETHING
IRREPLACEABLE -
INSIDE.
ACTION 7 NEWS
REPORTER ANNA
VELASQUEZ TELLS US WHY
THEY MAY NOT EVEN
REALIZE WHAT THEY
TOOK.
A PENDANT OF AN
ANGEL'S WING...WAS
MORE THAN JUST A PIECE
OF JEWELRY.
WHAT'S INSIDE IT,
IS EXTREMELY CLOSE TO
MONICA MARQUEZ' HEART.
THE ASHES OF HER
LATE MOTHER.
AND NOW, IT'S
GONE.
STOLEN DURING A
BURGLARY AT HER HOME
OFF GIBSON AND MESSINA
IN SOUTHWEST
ALBUQUERQUE.
my back door was
kicked in, and a safe
was stolen with the
contents of my mother,
Cathy Valdez
MARQUEZ SAYS HER
MOTHER PASSED AWAY OF
PANCREATIC CANCER BACK
IN 2000.
NOW, THE CRIME
MAKES HER FEEL LIKE
SHE'S LOST HER MOM,
ALL OVER AGAIN.
we'll never be able
to see her again. all
we're asking for is
her safe return to us
MARQUEZ EVEN
POSTED ON HER FACEBOOK
PAGE, PLEADING WITH
THE BURGLARS TO MAKE
THINGS RIGHT.
SHE WROTE IN PART
-
TO THE
PERSON/PEOPLE THAT
BROKE INTO OUR HOME ON
FATHER'S DAY, PLEASE
RETURN THE PENDANT...
IT'S THE ASHES OF
MY MOTHER...
JUST LEAVE ON
FRONT DOORSTEP OR MAIL
IT.
SHE SAYS THAT
PENDANT AND THE OTHER
PIECES OF JEWELRY IN
HER SAFE, WERE ALL SHE
HAD LEFT OF HER
MOTHER.
it feels a violation
and a sadness. just
because we'll never be
able to get her pieces
back.
MARQUEZ JUST
WANTS HER MOTHER'S
ASHES BACK, SHE SAYS
NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
ANNA VELASQUEZ
KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS.
MARQUEZ SAYS
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE
DETECTIVES ARE IN
TOUCH WITH HER, AND
THEY WERE ABLE TO GET
A FEW FINGERPRINTS
FROM THE CRIME SCENE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY
INFORMATION THAT COULD
HELP POLICE, CALL
CRIMESTOPPERS AT
843-STOP.