SAN ANTONIO — A woman from the west side is pleading for someone to return her stolen backpack. Among the things that were inside, were eight shoes for the right foot.
"It just happened fast," she told KENS 5, wanting to remain anonymous. "I thought I had everything. The day after I came back. I was going to take a bird bath here and noticed that my bag was missing."
The woman is an amputee and relies on a wheelchair to get around. She also is homeless. The backpack contained all of her belongings.
"It had my clothes.," she said. "I had just taken out a gun under my name to protect myself out here. I had another gun that belonged to my husband. Two tablets, my shoes..."
She has filed a police report with the San Antonio Police Department. However, the park where her bag was stolen is one she comes to often. She knows the majority of the people that are homeless, who stay at the park overnight. However, it's the lack of compassion that breaks her heart.
"I mean they know who I am here," she said. "I don't even know who did it. It hurts to know that maybe someone close to me did it."
Susana Segura, a homeless advocate and outreach coordinator for Bread and Blankets sees the woman often. For her, it's the stolen eight right shoes she can't wrap her head around.
"It seems like if you open a backpack, you know, even if somebody that was sheltering outside stole it from her, that was in the same situation?" Segura said. "As soon as they opened the bag and saw that it was eight right shoes, they should have brought it right back. You know, there has to be some type of honor system."
The woman has lived on the streets for the past two years, and her leg was amputated due to diabetes.
"My husband lost his job," she said. "I had my amputation. We were losing everything little by little."
She is now being forced to start over on the streets.
Segura is trying to help the woman who she calls a friend.
"I have been looking for resources to get her, a leg and to get her into housing quickly because, you know, she's one of the most vulnerable people out here," she said.
The woman's backpack was black and gray, with a triangle pattern.
If anyone knows the whereabouts of the backpack or wants to help, you can email Susana Segura at breadandblankets210@gmail.com.