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When Ben Johnson found a Purple Heart this summer, he never imagined it would start a chain of events that have connected several families across the country through service and sacrifice. ....
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Community helps in search for Purple Heart family Published: July 22, 2021 6:36 PM EDT Updated: July 22, 2021 6:59 PM EDT Recommended WINK News set off on a search to return a Purple Heart, and since our story first aired, we’ve seen a great number of people step forward, wanting to help. The medal found itself in North Fort Myers eight years ago, stuffed in the cushions of a secondhand sofa. It belongs to Charles W. Crabbe, and a lot of you have emailed us to share information you thought might help find his family. When Brenda Carlson reached out and said she wanted to get the word out about the Purple Heart in her possession, it was with the hope that someone would know the Crabbe family. ....
So is Lawing, though perhaps he’s also a little more surprised. “I don’t know how she found it,” he said. “I don’t know how you found me.” After the theft, which occurred around 2005, Lawing searched for his things. Credit cards left in the motor home were tracked to Albuquerque, where they were used at several Walmart stores and gas stations. Lawing visited each one, hoping to track down his items. He also went to swap meets in Albuquerque searching for his things. But nothing was ever recovered. Years later, Garcia stumbled upon the yard sale. She can’t remember the exact location other than it was somewhere off Barcelona SW and that the people holding the yard sale were getting rid of all the items left in the home, apparently by former renters who had left suddenly, to prepare the house for sale. ....