By Brendan Rees
A young mum of four has been devastated to find her car stolen just metres away from her doorstep in Cranbourne East.
The incident took place while Madee Vos was at her Jemma Street home with her four kids and their grandmother on Sunday evening, 1 March.
Ms Vos explained she had noticed her car missing as she stood at the front door with her mum, who was about to leave following a visit.
“She was here for 45 minutes; she walked out and said ‘where’s your car gone?’” Ms Vos said.
Ms Vos said losing her car, a black 2006 Ford Territory, hurt.
Inside, she had two child booster seats valued at a combined $600, a pram worth about $1000, kids lunch boxes, tax papers, and medical record books for her children.
Ms Vos, 25, believes the thieves pounced sometime between 8pm and 8.45pm.
She hopes by sharing her story someone might see her car and report it to police.
To make matters worse, Ms Vos and her partner, who are planning to get married this year, have been told by their landlord to vacate their home by 11 March.
Ms Vos said she was also “trying to get my head around” where she had left her car keys after misplacing them.
“We heard a car alarm go off,” she said, referring to the evening the car was stolen.
“If they’ve got my car keys why would my car alarm go off?
“We should’ve actually went and looked – because we could’ve potentially caught the person who’s taken it”.
Meanwhile, Ms Vos has shared a CCTV image of a suspicious black BMW SUV which had been “circling the area”; however a registration plate number wasn’t in view.
Ms Vos has filed a police report but admits her car wasn’t insured as it expired in January – saying the insurance company had sent a renewal notice to their old address.
“It just didn’t cross out minds to think – you would never think that it would happen to you,” she said.
“We’re not really in a greatest financial position to be able to go out and buy a car.”
Her stolen car has registration plates UAG105.
Anyone with information with the whereabouts of the car are urged to contact crime stoppers on 1800 333 000.
