Thieves return stolen wrestling belts to boy ahead of his brain surgery

An unusual story took place in Washington (USA) as the thieves apologized and returned the stolen wrestling belts to a boy who is going to have a brain surgery, Fox News reported. 

Five-year-old Timmy suffers from autism. Before a brain surgery to cheer up the boy, his father Tim Vick borrowed from his friend a few WWE wrestling belts. The boy was very fond of these trophies, and did not part with them even falling asleep.

“But Moreira said that while he was at a wrestling event, he got a notification on his phone that there was activity on his porch, and watched as two women took the box to a waiting car and sped off,” the source noted.

Two days later, the same car Moreira saw on his camera pulled back into the driveway and dropped a bag in front of him, along with a four-page note.

“Never in a million years would I have expected I would have stolen from a sick 5-year-old,” the letter allegedly read, according to KIRO-TV. “I have a 6-year-old myself and I’m ashamed of what I did."

The local police said they were not going to press charges against the kidnappers.

Meanwhile, the father of the sick boy holds a fundraiser to cover the costs of the upcoming operation.

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