Southern Utah family hit by food storage thieves while rebuilding after flood damage

ENOCH, Utah — A whole lot of residents southern Utah have been impacted by flooding occasions in 2021, and a few are nonetheless rebuilding their houses right this moment.

Samantha Palmer, her husband and two youngsters have been flooded out of their Enoch residence in August of final yr.

“The fireplace division on that day, they condemned our home. They wouldn’t allow us to stay right here as a result of it was too harmful,” stated Palmer, who was displaced from her residence for a number of weeks.

Because the household tries to rebuild, they have been lately victims of theft.

“My husband and I, my children are proper right here related to the storage, sleeping. It’s infuriating,” stated Palmer. “If they’d have knocked on my door and stated ‘Hey, we’re hungry, are you able to assist us?’ I might have in a heartbeat.”

On Monday, she walked into her storage to search out her freezer chest open, most of her frozen items gone, the backdoor to the storage propped open and proof of theft left behind.

“There was additionally a roast on the ground proper in entrance of my husband’s toolbox,” stated Palmer, who estimates the quantity of meals taken amounted to greater than $500.

Palmer stated greater than 10 packs of sausages, almost 10 packs of pork chops, some frozen rooster and greater than 10 roasts have been taken, together with different objects.

Whereas meals is replaceable, the best way the Palmers went about filling their storage chest concerned loads of love and care. The household has a yard farm the place they increase animals, together with pigs. The pigs have been butchered and the pork had been saved within the freezer chest. The rationale they put a lot care into their very own meals is essentially partly due to their daughter.

“We increase the pigs as a result of she will be able to’t eat beef and even get traces of beef. It simply makes her extraordinarily sick,” stated Palmer, whose daughter Gabi has a uncommon deficiency that doesn’t permit her to digest sugar and starch. “We’ve slowly healed her abdomen and physique over time, however she’s sadly very allergic to beef and milk.”

Samantha shared her current theft in a put up on social media which has been shared tons of of instances. Their surveillance digital camera didn’t catch anybody coming and going from their storage as a result of one of many views was obstructed. Enoch Police have been made conscious of the state of affairs and took a report for “theft and housebreaking.” If anybody has data, they’re inspired to contact Enoch Police.

Palmer says she doesn’t need any handouts. She and her household have been by way of lots in the previous couple of years between the flooding and now this current theft.

“I want that they’d have come to me first as a substitute of stealing from me and my household and my children. I imply, you actually took in all probability six months of meals off my dinner desk,” stated Palmer. “There are horrible individuals on this planet, like whoever stole this, however there are 10 instances extra superb beneficiant individuals keen to assist in any method that they’ll.”

Oddly sufficient, close by Cedar Metropolis Police additionally took a report from a resident mentioning that somebody had stolen frozen items from a freezer at a storage on Sunday as nicely. No different data was available.