Desperate to fill her empty house with furniture, Vicky Umodu searched online for any free furniture she could get her hands on.
Wanting to be closer to her grandchildren, Vicky Umodu moved into a home in Colton in late April — but she had one problem: she had to find some furniture to fill her empty house.
"The first thing that came to mind was 'Oh [this is a] gimmick," said Umodu."I just said let me just call them and see." At first, she thought it was a heating pad but there was no cord. She unzipped the cushion and found a bag full of envelopes filled with $36,000. Within seconds, her son called the chair's former owner. Umodu said she immediately invited the man over to her house to retrieve the envelopes. When he arrived and entered the kitchen he that Umodu was missing a fridge. Umodu worked with the man to find a new refrigerator and eventually found one for $2200. The man paid for it in full.