Colorado is quickly becoming one of the worst states in the nation for auto theft.
, there has been an 88% percent increase in motor vehicle thefts since 2017.“This completely changed my life,” DeAnna Jiron said, “It’s just the stress, I couldn’t get to work and had to depend on everybody.”
Jiron dropped her keys while shopping at a Walmart, and by the time she reached the parking lot and realized they were missing, her car was stolen.She posted the information on Colorado Stolen Cars Facebook page. With more than 20,000 members, they have helped recover dozens of vehicles.
“I thought about it for a minute, I really did, but it just didn’t sound right. But for a second there, being desperate, I mean, what can you do?” she said.“It’s ingenuity on the part of thieves. They are figuring out how to either break in or start vehicles or utilizing whatever they have at their disposal in order to get these vehicles,” Trooper Josh Lewis with Colorado State Patrol said.
CBS4 reached out to the different companies referred to victims for help tracking their stolen vehicles. Most had been deactivated online and one that wasn’t appeared to shut down after they were asked to comment.Karen Morfitt joined the CBS4 team as a reporter in 2013. She covers a variety of stories in and around the Denver metro area.
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