Burglary victims find clue on Facebook

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December 28, 2011
Burglary victims find clue on Facebook; Stolen laptop automatically posts photo online
By Rosemary Sobol and Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune

Theresa Unkrur’s daughter was on her iPhone checking her Facebook page when she spotted a new photo posted from her MacBook.

Her stolen MacBook.

The computer was taken in a break-in last week, and days later the new photo showed up on Facebook showing two guys sitting on a couch and smiling into the laptop’s camera. Read more ›


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