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NOW, AN UPDATE TO A STORY WE
TOLD YOU ON FRIDAY -- A MARINE
DAD MAKING A DESPERATE PLEA TO
BURGLARS -- TO RETURN THE
MEMORIES THEY STOLE OF HIS
SON...
JOE COURTNEY SAYS HIS PLEA HAS
REACHED AROUND THE COUNTRY
SINCE HE POSTED áOURá STORY ON
HIS FACEBOOK PAGE...THE STORY
ABOUT HOW BURGLARS BROKE INTO
HIS HOME IN SOUTHERN ALLEGAN
COUNTY AND STOLE VIDEOS AND
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF HIS
SON, GREGORY COURTNEY...PHOTOS
TAKEN WHILE HE WAS SERVING
OVERSEAS...AND VIDEO TAKEN BY
HIS FATHER WHEN HE RETURNED
FROM AFGHANISTAN...GREGORY
DIED IN A CRASH LAST
SEPTEMBER, SHORTLY AFTER HIS
RETURN...SINCE HIS FATHER MADE
HIS PLEA TO THOSE BURGLARS, HE
HAS RECEIVED AT LEAST 100
PHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE
WANTING TO HELP...AND, AT
LEAST 20 OF HIS SON'S FRIEND'S
AND FELLOW MARINE HAVE COME TO
HIS AID: PROMISING TO GATHER
UP ANY VIDEOS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
THAT INCLUDE HIS SON -- AND
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"ALL OF THEM TOGETHER, ALL
HAVE VIDEOS AND PICTURES OF
ALL OF EM TOGETHER, SO THEY'LL
HAVE A BUNCH OF GREG IN THERE.
THEY CAN FIND."
FIND.""IT TELLS ME THAT GOD
ANSWERED MY PRAYERS. I'M GOING
TO GET SOME MEMORIES BACK."
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JOE COURTNEY STILL WANTS THE
BURGLARS TO RETURN HIS VIDEOS
AND PHOTOGRAPHS...HE SAYS HE
WILL TAKE THEM BACK, NO
QUESTIONS ASKED...WE'VE POSTED