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\"Catch<\/a><\/p>\n

Years after her mother had passed, Dian had still yet to enter the room or move any of the treasured belongings. She decided that it was finally time and opened her home up to a person in need. She took on a new roommate, Wendy, who\u2019d come to Florida from Atlanta.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately it didn\u2019t work out and after only a few days, Dian asked Wendy to leave. When Wendy did clear out, she cleared out with many of Diane\u2019s precious items (that belonged to her mother) as well. Diane turned for help, but no one could track the woman down.<\/p>\n

All she had for the woman was a cellphone number and it wasn\u2019t until she plugged that number into Spokeo\u2019s Reverse Phone Search<\/a>, that she found some answers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to Spokeo, I was able to discover all of her aliases and multiple addresses!\u201d<\/p>\n

She turned this information over to local authorities and found out that her temporary roommate had been a criminal since 1948 and is facing criminal charges in multiple states for theft.<\/p>\n

Through Spokeo, Dian also connected with Wendy\u2019s mother-in-law and has been in regular contact with her, putting the pieces together.<\/p>\n

Dian was able to do some additional sleuthing of her own by referencing the old addresses on Spokeo \u00a0and called many small storage facilities. When \u201cWendy\u201d showed up at a Georgia facility, she was arrested on the spot.<\/p>\n

Though Diane and her neighbors haven\u2019t yet been able to recover all of their missing items, they can at least rest assured that the woman is behind bars and will face justice. We\u2019re so happy to have been helpful in this case!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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