Plea to help trace girl’s precious case
A five-year-old girl and her family are calling for help to find a lost suitcase given to her by her late grandad, which they fear has been stolen.
Ohana Wendon, of Singlewell, Gravesend, was left distraught when the Minnie Mouse suitcase went missing, together with her first school report, her first school photo, clothes, trainers, toys and a new princess backpack which she had been given as a present for doing well at school.
Mum Kerry Hillier said they had just left the Ye Olde Leather Bottle pub in Northfleet on Sunday, July 21, where Kerry’s partner Lee Jackson had been performing as a singer.
They were getting into a car in Springhead Road at about 6.30pm when she put the suitcase down. “It wasn’t until the morning I thought ‘where’s the case?” she said.
“The neighbours said they had seen it and I sent flyers all around neighbourhood. I put a post on Facebook and it was shared more than 1,000 times.
“There are such caring people out there – even people I don’t know have posted. It’s restored my faith a little in humanity.” Nevertheless she fears someone walked off with the case and the family are pleading for it to be returned. “The things in there can’t be replaced and it was a present from her grandad who died last year,” said Kerry. “Like any five-year-old she’s upset. It’s got the backpack she got for a good report – how can someone keep that?”
If you have any information on the suitcase, send an email to Kerry directly at admin@ allstarsparty.net.