MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A St. Paul woman got her voice back Monday after a thief stole the device that allows her to talk last week, the woman’s mother says.
Frances “Vicki” Swenson, mother of 38-year-old Lynda Swenson, said Monday afternoon that a neighbor found her daughter’s Dynavox Touch Talker – a device worth $7,800 – in his yard.
The Touch Talker went missing last Friday morning, when Vicki Swenson said she set the device on the ground outside her house in a duffel bag. After setting the Touch Talker down, she went back inside to get her daughter so that they could catch a bus. But when she returned outside, she saw the duffel bag was gone.
St. Paul police confirmed Monday that the bag and the device had been stolen.
Vicki Swenson said she thinks someone just wanted the bag, noting that they wouldn’t have a use for the Touch Talker.
Indeed, the bag is still missing. However, the Swensons say they are just happy to have Lynda’s voice back.
If you have any information on the robbery, call police at 651-291-1111.
