Stranger’s phone call leads to recovery of Doreen nurse’s stolen four-wheel drive
When a frontline nurse realised her car — and only way to get to work — was stolen from her house in Melbourne’s north, she took to social media in a desperate bid to get it back. This is how it was found — and, amazingly, in one piece.
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A frontline nurse left without a way to get to work when her car was stolen on Friday morning has been reunited with the family vehicle.
Amanda Rhind said she received a phone call on Sunday night from a stranger who believed her Toyota four-wheel drive was dumped in a Lalor court.
“The adrenaline was pumping so I sent my husband down and called the police,” she said.
“I was just hoping so badly that it was my car — without it I can’t go to work and it makes transporting the kids around very difficult — then it was confirmed and what a relief.”
The Epworth theatre nurse, working for the Department of Health’s COVID-19 tracking team, woke up on May 15 to discover her car had been stolen from outside her Doreen home.
The mother-of-two immediately plastered images of the vehicle onto social media in a desperate attempt to track it down.
“I really didn’t expect to find it still intact,” she said.
“Even the tow truck driver had been to two other cases of cars that had been burnt out and completely stripped that night — he said endings like this never happen.”
Ms Rhind said the car, found in Cherry Crt about 8pm, was missing a door handle and had been hot-wired.
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The vehicle is now with police for forensic assessments.
“I’m just so grateful,” Ms Rhind said.
“This amazing community really got behind the search and now I don’t have to worry about getting to work and running family errands — I think we all have enough stress in this time.”