Missing wallet returned to its owner 40 years later

Missing wallet returned to an owner in Ontario Canada
@Deepizzaguy (95444)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
February 9, 2024 4:20pm CST
Andrew Medley who is a resident of Detroit Michigan was working as a corporate investigator when he was working on a case in January at the Eaton Centre in Toronto Canada in the staff only area when he entered a bathroom that is rarely part when he located a missing wallet that was seen in between wedged ductwork and an opening between the wall of the bathroom. After Andrew found the wallet that went missing for 40 years to his hotel room where he searched on the internet for Vanessa Austin who is the daughter of the deceased woman who left the wallet inside of the bathroom. Andrew believes that someone placed the missing wallet in the bathroom on purpose. Andrew was able to locate Vanessa due to the name and the facial features in the wallet. When Andrew was not able to contact Vanessa or her mom via Facebook, he located Vanessa Austin where she is employed on Linkedin. Andrew then traveled from Toronto to Guelph Ontario to meet with Vanessa at her workplace and return the missing wallet back to her personally. Vanessa is very grateful that Andrew returned her mom's missing wallet 40 years later since the wallet was in good condition when it was found in the building. Link is upi.com/7961707255511 via @upi
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@RebeccasFarm (86976)
• United States
10 Feb
Nice George.
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• United States
11 Feb
@Deepizzaguy Oh short and sweet haha George you are always welcome.
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@Deepizzaguy (95444)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
11 Feb
@RebeccasFarm You are welcome.
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@Deepizzaguy (95444)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Feb
Thank you for the kind words.
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@RasmaSandra (74146)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Feb
That is an amazing story and how nice of him to take that trip to return the wallet, It is also odd how it showed up. I wonder if the forces up above can make things like this happen for some reason,
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@RasmaSandra (74146)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Feb
@Deepizzaguy you and I think alike
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@Deepizzaguy (95444)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Feb
@RasmaSandra You are right.
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@Deepizzaguy (95444)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Feb
I believe that forces from Above can change things for good.
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@xstitcher (30571)
• Petaluma, California
10 Feb
Wow. That was quite a find!
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@Deepizzaguy (95444)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Feb
I am in agreement with you that finding a missing wallet 40 years later is amazing.
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@just4him (308817)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Feb
I'm glad he did the due diligence to locate the owner of the wallet and give it to her.
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@Deepizzaguy (95444)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
11 Feb
I am in agreement with you that Andrew did the right thing returning the missing wallet to the owner.
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@LindaOHio (158794)
• United States
10 Feb
I'm glad that the wallet was finally returned.
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@Deepizzaguy (95444)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Feb
So am I.
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11 Feb
I have lost my wallet many times. Once it was squashed on the highway and somebody dropped it in a mailbox. I love hearing good stories. There are nice people in the world. To receive something of your mother's when she has passed away even makes it so much more special. You uplifted me today .Thank you.
@Deepizzaguy (95444)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
11 Feb
My pleasure to share these good stories on this site.
@snowy22315 (171314)
• United States
9 Feb
Very nice!
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@Deepizzaguy (95444)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Feb
I am in agreement with you.
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@celticeagle (160064)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Feb
How things get lost sometimes sure is weird. Glad this wallet found its way back to a family member.
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@Deepizzaguy (95444)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Feb
I am in agreement with you.
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@May2k8 (18125)
• Indonesia
10 Feb
This is very strange, usually the wallet has been damaged for decades and even the contents are not in good condition.
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@Deepizzaguy (95444)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Feb
Vanessa admitted that seeing the wallet looking like new after 40 years was strange to her.
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@Juliaacv (48694)
• Canada
9 Feb
What a good Samaritan.
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@Deepizzaguy (95444)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Feb
I am in agreement with you.
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@JudyEv (326823)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Feb
I wonder what the story is behind the wallet going missing and then turning up in this way.
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@Deepizzaguy (95444)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Feb
Vanessa admitted that she and her mom would visit the shopping center and they never thought about losing their wallet at all.
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@sarik1 (6797)
10 Feb
Glad to know.
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@Deepizzaguy (95444)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Feb
Thank you for the kind words.
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