Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
BECAUSE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT
OF WARM-UP.
WHEN HE DIED IN A CRASH
JUST A WEEK AFTER THE TOUR
WITH THE MARINES, HIS DAD
WAS LEFT WITH MEMORIES MANY
OF THEM VIDEO AND DIGITAL
PHOTOGRAPHS.
BUT BURGLARS STOLE THAT AND
NOW GREGORY COURTNEY'S DAD
WANTS THEM BACK.
"24 HOUR NEWS 8'S" KEN
KOLKER HAS HIS FATHER'S
DESPERATE PLEA.
THEY WILL BRING THAT
STUFF BACK TO.
Reporter: THAT STUFF
INCLUDES VIDEOS JOE COURTNEY
TOOK LAST YEAR OF HIS SON
RETURNING TO CALIFORNIA FROM
AFGHANISTAN.
NOT ONLY HIS SON BUT HIS
SON'S ENTIRE PLATOON.
FAMILIES.
Reporter: THOSE VIDEOS,
HE SAYS, WAS WERE STOLEN
ALONG WITH THE SONY CAM
CORDER.
THE THIEVES ALSO TOOK A
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH OF HIS
SON IN SA MOLE YA.
THE WORLD.
MY SON IS NOT HERE ANYMORE.
IT CANNOT TAKE THEM OUT IN
THE BACK YARD AND REDO THEM.
GOT MEMORIES IN MINE BUT
THINGS YOU CANNOT REPLACE.
Reporter: HIS 22-YEAR-OLD
SON DIED IN A CAR CRASH IN
SEPTEMBER OF 2011 JUST WEEKS
AFTER RETURNING HOME.
THAT WAS HIM THERE IN
AFGHANISTAN.
HE LOST CONTROL OF THE
CAMARO AROUND THE CORNER
FROM HISSED DID'S HEM ON
102nd AVENUE IN SOUTHERN
ALLEGAN COUNTY.
HIS DAD SAYS HE FIGURED THE
THIEVES BROKE IN LATE LAST
WEEK JUST AFTER THE
FORECLOSURE SIGN WENT UP.
HE WONDERS IF THAT IS WHY
THEY TARGETED THE HOME.
DOOR WAS LITERALLYING
HE CLIMBED INTO OLD MILK CAN
TO GET TO THE BACK WINDOW OF
THE HOUSE.
THEY STOLE ANTIQUES
INCLUDING A BRASS HORN FROM
THE 1800s BUT DOESN'T CARE
ABOUT THAT.
ELSE.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT IT.
I DO NOT CARE ABOUT IT.
ALL I WANT THESE MEMORY
PARTS KNIFE SON.
WHEN HE REALIZED THERE
WAS LITTLE POLICE COULD DO.
HE TOOK OUT AN AD.
I WANTED TO GET IT OUT THERE
QUICK ENOUGH HOPELY TO CATCH
THE WHOEVER DID IT.
WHATEVER TO MAYBE CATCH AND
MAYBE GOT IT.
HE WANTS THEM TO DROP OFF
THE PROPERTY AT HIS HOME OR
CALL ME.
I WON'T SEE.
TELL ME WHERE YOU WANT TO
DROP IT OFF AND GET OUT OF
THERE AND I WILL PICK IT UP.
THAT NEWSPAPER AD
INCLUDED THE ADDRESS AND
PHONE NUMBER.