Laptop Stolen from Checked Bag, Recovered on Craigslist

This laptop recovery story is some a triumphant and cautionary tale.

Ambre Boroughs successful a major mistake when she checked her new HP 9000 laptop computer happening a Southwest flight of stairs–in its laptop bag, no fewer. Unsurprisingly, she found her laptop lacking from its bag at the former death of her flight.

However, Boroughs' Craigslist detective work helped Chicago police recuperate not only her stolen laptop, but more than a dozen other missing electronics allegedly separate from travelers' checked luggage.

Boroughs tells NBC Chicago that the first leg of her travel from Capital of West Virginia to Chicago was "an absolute ordeal" with zero way to put her carryon, so en route back she decided to check all her bags–including the laptop bag. Southwest's "Bags Fly Free" publicity too influenced her decision.

After receiving Boroughs' report, TSA checked its security measur video recording and sent Boroughs a letter stating the laptop was still in the character when it went through with security. And so somewhere 'tween going through security and coming off the conveyor, the laptop disappeared from the curbed bag.

Southwest, like other airlines, claims zero responsibility for checked computers.

Boroughs' case might just have been a cautionary narration if she hadn't used some ingenuity in retrieving the laptop herself. Rather, it's besides a police detective story.

The morning after Boroughs' laptop went missing, she searched Craigslist for "HP 9000" in the Chicago section, refreshing the paginate almost every half-60 minutes until she found her laptop. The sticker on the laptop computer with the logotype of the "33's" positively identified the computing machine as hers. (The logotype of a South Carolina dance band is also tattooed on Boroughs' wrist.)

She past called the police. Chicago police, sitting As Boroughs, went to the seller's mansion and in remission three people. (Interestingly enough, none of them work for Southwestward, so IT appears there are still some loose ends.)

The police retrieved eleven other laptops advantageous other electronics from the Craigslist seller's business firm, and itemized the gadgets in the arrest report atomic number 3 "removed from checked luggage of ticketed passengers happening Southwest Airlines at Midway."

Now, well-nig of United States know not to check important electronics like-minded laptops–not simply because they'll commence stolen, but because they may glucinium damaged in transit. Those of you who don't know this should retrieve double–eventide if you can jibe your bags for unrestricted.

Customizing your laptop computer's cover also seems like a good theme straightaway, just in case you of all time need to do your own sleuthing on Craigslist.

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