A prize-winning dog was found safe and returned to his owner three days after being stolen — thanks to a family who apparently recognized the suspected culprit.
Hours after her dog, Jasper, a boxer, had won Best of Breed at a speciality show in St. Paul, Minnesota, last Friday, Michelle Baker watched in horror as she saw her van stolen with her beloved dog inside.
"This guy who stole my van was sitting on the couch in the lobby and got up and walked out," Baker told CBS News in a Zoom call. "He got up, walked out, got in my vehicle and I saw it happening.""I cried for three days straight," said Baker, who lives in Iowa. "I didn't sleep much, didn't eat anything — you know, it's just, kind of surreal.""He's done incredibly well in the show world, but none of that mattered," she said.
. "And I sent this in a message, 'You know what? I will be out here all night and you are going to have him back.'" "She [Baker] gave me permission to break the window," James Wintz recalled. "I shattered the window quick, got inside. The dog was still in the back shivering."
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