[meteorite-list] Alain Carion's car jacking and loss of 300, 00 euros worth of meteorites!

From: Martin Goff <msgmeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 23:02:15 +0100
Message-ID: <CAKEL=tBH2qNQ7_x4M7YDvZ+Ppyc9Fo2_Tu05vQGLZuJQ2QsH6w_at_mail.gmail.com>

Anne, list,

I am relieved that Alain is ok and wasn't injured but what a sad, sad
loss of his meteorites. I unfortunately deal with scenes like this on
a daily basis and looking at the state of his car in the photos I
don't think that forensics wise there will be many leads. I just hope
there are witnesses or other lines of enquiry that help find the
offenders. Such a horrible story :-(

On 26/10/2012, Anne Black <impactika at aol.com> wrote:
> Thank you Martin.
>
> I talked to Alain last weekend. He is unhurt but obviously very upset.
>
> He has been down to where what is left of his car is and has tried to
> retrieve bits and pieces of his collection without much sucess. He did
> find a large slice of Esquel but twisted, melted, and all the crystals
> gone, and an even larger slice of Campo also twisted and partially
> melted.
> Still missing, and probably gone in smoke: several lunars and martians,
> and his only piece of Draveil, the new French fall. And many more I am
> sure, he was still trying to make a list of what was gone.
>
> The police is still trying to find the thieves.
>
>
> Anne M. Black
> www.IMPACTIKA.com
> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Goff <msgmeteorites at gmail.com>
> To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Fri, Oct 26, 2012 3:22 pm
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Alain Carion's car jacking and loss of 300,
> 00 euros worth of meteorites!
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just been made aware by my mum in France who sent me a new clipping
> from Ouest France newspaper that Alain Carion was the victim of a car
> jacking where his car was later found burnt out still containing
> 300,000 euros worth of his meteorites, all gone up in smoke! What a
> terrible story! It appears that the thieves had the wrong car and
> mistook Alain for a gem dealer from the Nantes show he was returning
> from. What a complete and utter nightmare! I am glad Alain is ok but
> what a loss :-(
>
> The link to the article online is below (in French)
>
> (http://www.ouest-france.fr/actu/societe_detail_-Les-voleurs-incendient-l
> eur-tresor-_3636-2123139_actu.Htm)
>
> Martin
>
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> Martin Goff
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Received on Fri 26 Oct 2012 06:02:15 PM PDT