My son is in Ohio attending College. He lives in an apartment building w/another roommate (someone he never met before). The room mate stopped paying his rent in December and they gave him till Sunday to get out. My son has to move into a 1 bedroom apt b/c of this, anyway, they went to school last night and when they came home for their dinner break, someone had broken in and taken all of my son's stuff. Nothing of the room mates.

I feel so helpless. I can't do anything, I'm twelve hours away from him. I'm waiting on the officer to call me so that I can at least tell him some things I know about. I'm not trying to accuse the roommate but he's had problems in the past and everything points to him as in being involved. He was at school last night with my son, but it just seems he had something to do with it.

Any suggestions? My son lost everything, his tvs, dvd player, laptop, Xbox 360, his Wii. Everything and the roommate lost nothing? Does something sound out of place to you guys or am I just being an overprotective mother? I'm so drained over this and have no where to turn, please advise, I would so appreciate it.

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Oh, gosh. I don't have any advice, but I have a shoulder to cry on. I can't imagine having to deal with that. It's so hard sending your kids off, and harder still to have something like that happen. It does sound rather odd that everything of your son's is gone, and nothing of the roomate's. It'll be interesting to see what the officer says. Keep us posted.

The whole situation smells fishy to me. The roommate couldn't pay Dec. rent and now your son was burgled but not the roommate-- I don't think that the roommate is innocent in this matter.

I hope he was insured. This does smell very fishy.

Yes very very fishy!..especially if the roommate also had electronics, laptop, video game systems and similar stuff...well how convenient that none of his things were missing, that is just almost too too obvious.
I'm so sorry this happened to your son that stinks, I just hate thieves...also, if your son had renter's insurance that should cover some of the $ to replace his items if they aren't found.

I hope he was insured as well. So many college (and early 20's) folks don't think to get insurance and it's SO important and SO cheap compared to losing everything. Sounds REALLY fishy to me.

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Have him check the local pawn shops! Do you have any documentation with serial numbers for the electronics??

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I can understand..my son was 8 hours away. I am sorry for his loss..please keep us updated..I also would get renters insurance next time.

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I`m so sorry this happened. Very, very fishy. I hope the police investergate this roomate. Let us know what happens. It just sucks when someone does something bad to your child even if they are older.

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My best friends daughter went down to Florida for college and her room mate stole her checkbook and was writing checks all over town on it :-/

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It's obvious that yes, you ARE trying to accuse the roommate so why write that disclaimer? The roomate's probably guilty but why pretend you aren't questioning his honesty? I think it's unlikely that a random thief would concentrate on one person's belongings and ignore valuables owned by other people and the police will agree. A confession is your best hope and it's unlikely he'll provide one. The police can use red tape to make things difficult for the thief but will they? They're more likely to try if you and your son stay on top of the case. I'd find out everything I could about this guy and see what shakes out.

BTW, what are the "problems" this roomate had in the past and why was your son sharing an apartment with him if you know about "things" he's done?

I don't think I will go into what problems this boy has, they are his problems and I'm not the one that should post them all over the net for everyone to read. I do respect his privacy. I wasn't trying to accuse him, I am 12 hours away from there, I was not there, I didn't see anything so that is the reason for that statement. I was trying to give him the benefit of the doubt but the FACTS do point to him. But please be assure that EVERYTHING was checked before I allowed my son to move in with a someone he barely knew. We talked to the parents, we talked to the room mate, my son talked to him over the summer thru internet and phone and even met him before he moved in with him so yes we trusted that everything was fine with this set up. No problems of any kind were ever mention so I can't control something I didn't know about. Now that I know about them, I let the correct people know. It's their job to find out if he's quilty or not, not mine. You have to trust your children to learn that everyone out there isn't a great person, I had to trust that my child was mature enough to stand up for himself, to live on his own without any family anywhere close, and to tell me when there are problems. He did tell me as soon as he started learning things about this boy, but by that time was the time when we started learning that that his half of the bills weren't being paid.

The only thing I care about is my son, I care that he is alive, he might not have all his "playthings" but they are replaceable, he is not. No we did not have renters insurance, you just don't think this will happen. Lesson learned on that one. We did find out that the apartment building does have renters insurance for an additional $15 a month, but we were never told that when we signed the lease, and we didn't ask. I will say that if anyone is having a child that is getting ready to live on their own, to ask about renters insurance. I wish we did, but the material things are not important here. My little boy is.

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You are so right.

You might be able to get renters insurance cheaper through a regular insurance company instead of the apartment complex itself. We told our friend about it and she got renters insurance for $100 a year for her place through Liberty Mutual I think.

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Does the college have a dormitory option? That might have been (or still be) an easier route than signing a lease with a relatively unknown roommate....plus there is a support system in place to deal with issues (dorm staff, resident advisors, etc) and perhaps more security to avoid this sort of thing. That way he could ease into his independence - and mom could feel more comfortable.

Sorry this happened. I hope the items turn up somewhere and can be traced back in order to help solve the case. I sure wouldn't want to live with someone who I thought would steal from me.

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The college he is attending is a welding school so there are no dorms, the place he lives at, is where most of the people live b/c the school is about 5 mins away. I do wish there was a campus type dorm. We'll get thru this, its just harder b/c he is so far away, I wish I could take off and go there and be there with him 24/7 but reality is, I have to cut the cord and allow him to learn this being on your own stuff by himself.

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I am so very sorry this happened. As a Mom I am sure it hurt you more that something happened to him than it hurt him!

Tell him to bide his time for a while. Check all the pawn shops for his stuff and idiot thief will eventually tell someone who will tell someone and there will be evidence. I bet it will take less than two weeks.

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Check with the housing director of the university. See if they have a video tape of the building. Someone had to see someone else walking out of the place or else it is still in the building in someone elses room.

That really stinks for your son. I totally understand your frustration. I hope he is able to recover some of his things, and that they are able to prosecute the thief. Stuff like this just makes me sick.

How awful!!!
Is the roomate an idiot to think he would not be the first and only suspect?!!!
Have you talked to his parents about this?

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I am so sorry. I know it is so hard to be so far away.
I am happy to hear that your son was not physically hurt

Sending Hugs,

Shirley

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You don't have to live in a dorm to get this insurance. I got it for my son. Never had to use it though. Thankfulluy!
Dorm Insurance - Student Personal Property Insurance

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Thank you work2pay, I'm going on that site right now and if its cheaper than the apartment building, then I'll see about going with that. Either way, he'll have renter's insurance from now on.

Thank you to everyone for your support and prayers. He's not sounding too depressed now, so I'm hoping he's coming around. He only has 4 more months of this schooling and then he's back home, so we've decided to take one day at a time and hopefully everything will go smooth from here on out.

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