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POLK COUNTY, FL - From WFLA.COM
Sometime on Monday, July 15, 2013, a postal package was dropped off at the front door of a Flatfish Drive residence in Davenport. Before the owner could collect it, the package and its contents were removed by an unknown person.
The packaged contained a handmade quilt made from mementos, photos and pieces of material taken from a decorated soldier's clothing who had been killed in Afghanistan in 2009.
The items used to create the quilt had been collected by the soldier's widow in hopes of keeping her husband's memory alive. The couple had been married for only seven months when the young bride learned of her husband's death. She collected wedding photos and pieces of his military uniforms and sent them to a contact in Wisconsin who had worked for months to carefully create the priceless quilt.
The suspect who took the package must have realized the contents would only be of value to the person it was delivered to and deputies believe the quilt may have been discarded.
Anyone with information about this crime is urged to contact the Polk County Sheriff's Office at 863.298.6200.
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