Sad story with a happy ending from the San Jose Mercury News by way of DisabilityScoop. Berkeley, CA-mom Patty Mulligan accidentally left her daughter Hedy's DynaVox on a curb after visiting family for Thanksgiving. When she returned to look for the device, it was gone. So she began her search online, using Craigslist to see if the $10,000 item would turn up. Strange enough, an advertisement for $3,500 DynaVox appeared. Patty contacted the seller, and after asking a series of questions, realized it was her daughter's. She arranged to meet him the next day at a local flea market. But instead, the cop met and arrested 42-year-old James Durr on unrelated outstanding warrants. The serial numbers on the recovered DynaVox matched the one that belonged to Hedy.
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