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What can I do about a thief in the family?

Someone close to me has on several occasions stolen from me, I have no means of securing all of my possessions from her.prying, thieving fingers. She has invented stories that I have stolen and sold her own possessions and uses that as a means to justifying her own actions to randomly take treasured photographs, jewelry, computer parts, and clothing items from me and hold them for ransom against the things she thinks I've stolen. Occasionally she gives these treasured items away to charity because she really believes I've taken her treasured worthless trash and sold it on EBAY only to have them turn up months later in her own room under a pile of shoes. I've never stolen from her, not once. At this point I've moved my jewelry collection to a trusted friend's house. I fear to leave the home to go work because she might take another photograph or some other treasured object. I'm not allowed to keep photos on my desk at work, and hauling around dozens of photos in my purse is impractical. Last week she took $20 in coins out of a coin collection I'd been accumulating for the past 14 years. Today she paid me $20 back in a cash bill and admitted to the theft, which I had been unaware of until tonight. I really think she's gone too far, and I need to find a way to stop her soon. I would like to know the right words to say to her to get her to stop.

Update:

Also, two weeks ago she committed fraud, by taking out several new magazine accounts in my name so she could read the magazines for free. All of this activity has me very concerned because while she's probably safe with her antics among the family, if she starts doing this to other people she could lose everything.

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  • "Let it go>>>!"

    This will be one of the most vital lessons you shall learn in your life. If you are fortunate enough to have learned it well, it should not be needed repeating down your journey in this life - or the next.

    These are material possessions that should bear no treasure, only pleasure. You can't take them with you or the pleasure they gave you here. The more readily you are to give them up, the more peace and true happiness you will know in this life, for these are truly "Treasures" worth keeping - all the way Home... :D

  • wayne
    Lv 5
    7 years ago

    As hard as it may seem walk away some folks are just like poison.. They need to be just walk away from and file it under lessons learned

  • 7 years ago

    Contact the police.

  • 7 years ago

    Set up a camera and catch her and then report her to the police.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    You need to have her prosecuted for theft. It will not stop until you file a criminal complaint against her.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    don't let her in your home its really that simple

    you can not trust her full stop

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