Editor,

I was shocked and appalled to read about the burglars who took advantage of a family's time of grief to ransack and pillage their homes (Police seek funeral burglars, April 5, 2012). How devastating for those mourning a loss to come home and find precious possessions, even momentos of their departed loved one, carted off by some callous criminals. The feeling of being violated must be nearly unbearable.

I realize that most crimes boil down to motive and opportunity, and these thieves were using the opportunity of an empty home to satisfy their motive of greed. Shame on them!

I hope the police catch up with these two hooligans, and any others like them, quickly. I hope justice is swift and reasonable.

But most of all, I hope those victimized families will be able to once again sleep at night, knowing those who took advantage of their grief are safely locked up.

Shame on them.

Margaret Lind

Arlington

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