Absolute shockingly, a burglar expressing guilt about stealing $800 from a western Michigan store three decades ago has repaid the money, plus some interest and that was not enough as the anonymous thief sent a note and $1,200 in $100 bills to the Barry County sheriff’s department in Hastings which was known to have arrived on Monday.

To move forward...

The writer entered breaking into the Middle Mart on Michigan 37 in Thornapple Township north of Middleville about 30 years ago.

In fact, in a letter packed with emotion and spelling errors, the writer asks for “help in locating a man” to whom the writer owes the money.
“Anyways, I did a very bad thing that I am shamed of and have lived with this guilt,” the writer said. “I can’t begin to say how sorry I am but have lived with this guilt too long,” the letter went on to say. “If you do find him, please tell him that I was a foolish stupid man when I did that and I am sorrie.”

Moreover, the letter was kept unsigned and had no return address.

The $1,200, while it includes some interest, falls short of making up for the loss in the dollar’s purchasing power over the intervening years and that the stolen $800 would be worth about $1,800 today, based on changes in the consumer price index.

In fact, WOOD-TV said the former owner of the store, now called Greg’s Get-N-Go, confirmed it was broken into in the 1980s and that store was sold in 1988.

Interestingly, undersheriff Bob Baker said that the letter and cash came as quite a surprise while Baker said this doesn’t happen every day. He added that the department isn’t interested in reopening the case since it was long time that has passed.

It's Wondrous by itself!

(AW:Samrat Biswas)