John said insurance won't cover the loss and he wants whoever has their stuff to give it back. 'I turned around and Carol was coming up and I said 'the truck is gone, it's been stolen and we'd better report it to the police.’' 'I looked out the door and it was within sight of the reception desk, where the van would've been and there was nothing,” said John. When they went outside to the parking lot around 6:45 a.m. He and his wife had planned to drive to Manitoba, where they’re both from originally, but ended up flying after the U-Haul was stolen.Īfter a busy day packing last Friday, the couple pulled into the hotel in Abbotsford to get some rest and continue their journey the next day. 'We're grateful for that but it still doesn't replace what we lost,' he said. 'We didn't make it very far at all,” said John from the couple’s new apartment in Winnipeg which remains mostly empty, except for the furniture family and friends have donated following the theft. John and Carol Dyck were only 35 kilometres from the home they were leaving in Langley, B.C., last Friday when their move to be closer to family turned into a nightmare.

Police investigating the theft recovered the missing U-Haul in a school parking lot in Surrey the same day it was reported missing, but it was empty. The vehicle was stolen from a hotel parking lot in Abbotsford, B.C., sometime between last Friday night and Saturday. to Winnipeg with all their possessions packed into a U-Haul wants whoever has their stuff to give it back.

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