This Just Sucks

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A family moving from Geneva (Illinois) to California is coping with the theft of their 26-foot moving truck — and virtually all their possessions — from a Las Vegas hotel.

“It was our whole house,” said Justin Krzyston, a 2000 Geneva High School graduate. “My parents have been married for 30 years. It’s everything they’ve worked for.”

The family stopped at the Venetian Hotel Nov. 25 to spend the night and have some fun. They parked their rented moving truck, along with their 1999 Jeep Cherokee on a trailer, in a lot with a guarded, gated entrance.

The next morning they returned to find both trucks gone.

The Jeep was found less than a day later in another parking lot, but the truck is still missing, Las Vegas police department spokesman Jose Montoya said.

He said investigators have reviewed surveillance tapes, but the moving truck was blocked from view by two large semitrailers.

“Auto theft is a crime of opportunity,” Montoya said. “Unfortunately, it was all their household goods.”

Justin Krzyston said Venetian officials denied liability for the loss and only offered the family a room at a discounted rate. Krzyston said the family did not have insurance for the cross-country trip. The hotel did not immediately respond to messages.

Krzyston set up a Web site, www.pleasehelpmyfamily.com to tell their story and ask for donations.

Yeah, I know people have it worse in NOLA, Afganistan, Iraq...

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