A FAMILY has been left devastated after their car was stolen just days before Christmas.
The Corrin family of Montrose Township, Michigan, were left stunned when they woke up to find their 2016 Jeep Cherokee missing from their driveway.
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Sara Cronin, speaking to ABC 12, recalls the gut-wrenching moment.
She said: “I looked outside, and our car was gone.
“We are extremely devastated. It was right before Christmas.
“We waited a year to get this car, so we saved up for a year, and we only had it for two weeks. It was just gone.”
The Jeep features a blue and yellow Michigan license plate (#8PYZ07) and was one of four vehicles targeted by crooks on the same night.
Montrose Township Police say cars had been broken into at multiple addresses in the area nearby, with some reporting items stolen from inside.
Sara added: “We are constantly worried now.
“We installed this little camera and kept it on all night.
We kept falling in and out of sleep, just watching cars pass by, wondering if they were going to come back. I have two young children, and this is terrifying.”
Worse still, the family is now struggling to get around the rural area without their sole means of transport.
Sara added: “I really do need this car. I don’t have a means of transportation now, and I don’t even have car seats to take my kids with me. It’s just heartbreaking.”
Montrose Township Police have said they are working with the Genesee Auto-Theft Investigation Network to locate the vehicle.
They say that Flock cameras, which use special tech to spot license plate numbers, will be vital in helping track down the stolen vehicle if it is seen.
Until it is found, the Corrin family will be left with the distress of losing their dream car ahead of the holiday season.
The investigation is ongoing.
This comes as a man revealed how he was scammed out of $45,000 thinking he was buying his dream car.
Matthew Hobson, a retired firefighter from Oklahoma, had always wanted to own a classic 1968 Chevy Camaro – and even kept a picture of one on his wall when he was a kid.
So, decades later, when Hobson came across the classic car for sale online, he immediately contacted the sellers.
He said: “They sent me videos, they walked around the car; it was so professionally done.”
He says that he believed he’d done his due diligence; investigating the car, the company and the process for weeks prior – claiming everyone seemed professional and legit.
Feeling reassured, he wired $45,000 from his pension fund to make the purchase.
He added: “I mean, it was texts, phone numbers, bill of ladings, bill of sales.
“It couldn’t have been any more legit.”
But after waiting for updates on the delivery of the vehicles and hearing nothing but excuses, the suspected scammers then simply disappeared.
