Dallas Elderly Woman Dies From Heat After A/C Stolen

[RamboLiberal]

A 79-year-old Oak Cliff woman succumbs to the North Texas heat and dies in her home just two days after reporting to police that her central air conditioner had been stolen.

Dolores Grissom’s home sits on a corner with the air conditioning unit is completely exposed; only protected by a cage with a lock.

On July 14 Grissom reported that her $2,500 unit was stolen. On July 16 she was found dead. Just this week the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office completed their report that stated Grissom’s death was heat-related.

Grissom, who was buried last week, lived with her son and unfortunately this wasn’t the first time the home had been burglarized. On at least two other occasions, in previous years, the air condition was also the target of thieves.

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2011/08/04/elderly-woman-dies-f... /

F'in bastards that stole it & same to whomever bought the unit.

[derby378]

1. I heard about that this morning

A church around here had six AC units stolen not that long ago. I can only imagine the street value.

[misanthrope]

3. They're stolen for scrap metal, not as A/C units.**nm

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[REP]

5. Yup. Kinda useless without the ductwork, etc, except as scrap metal

[Maine-ah]

8. shit, they're stealing catalytic converters

up here too. Mostly from trucks and SUV's because the clearance is better. They come at night and it's takes about a total of 2 minutes to cut them out.

[CatWoman]

13. in my uncle's condo, thieves made off with quite a few including his

it made the local news.

the complex has now put up electronic fencing.

[Taverner]

2. Fucking A...

Speechless...

[MagickMuffin]

4. "Whomever bought the unit" Might not know that it was stolen property

This is tragic on many levels.

[hlthe2b]

6. There surely ought to be a especially horrid hell for these people

Whether one believes or not--there just has to be... May there be a much kinder realm awaiting Ms. Grissom.

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. !!

People suck!

[pinniped]

9. Guess the thief needed some cash for his drug fix.

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[cutlassmama]

10. they are stealing the steel doors off truck stop bathrooms too. I hope

the people who stole her A/C end up just like she did. Karma.

[Liberal_in_LA]

12. recently tried to steal bannisters from a government building.

[Liberal_in_LA]

11. tragic

[flvegan]

14. If someone had done that to my mother...

I would make it my life mission to hunt that poor, clueless bastard down and ruin every single aspect of his/her life.

What a shame. My heart goes out to her loved ones.