Stolen Car Stripped After Father's Loss

On April 30, 2025, at 2 am, my 2010 Hyundai Elantra was stolen. I noticed my vehicle was missing as I was leaving at 3:30 am to head into work. I called LA City Parking and my local police station to find out if my car was towed by them and was told it was not. I was able to obtain surveillance footage only to find a man imitating a repo man pulled up to the front of my vehicle, hooked my car up to his tow truck, and just took off. I went to my local police station to report my vehicle stolen. Later in the night, at about 11 pm, I received a call from CHP that my vehicle was found on the shoulder of the 101 near the Tampa exit. On May 1st, I had to retrieve my vehicle from a towing facility, not knowing I had to pay for towing and storage fees of $400 to retrieve my stolen vehicle. The same state and city I pay taxes to is charging me, the victim, $400 to pick up my car from the impound. They did not even give me the opportunity to have the car towed away myself. I'm sure this has happened to many others. This injustice needs to be corrected.

When I saw my vehicle, it was stripped of multiple engine parts, trashed on the inside, and items belonging to my son were stolen. I was in the process of gifting the car to my son and sending it to Houston where my son lives. With this now happening, it has placed a significant burden.

I recently returned from abroad, burying my father, which I'm still grieving, and now I'm a victim of this horrible crime. To get this car back to what it was before will be a lot. Any help to assist with this will be greatly appreciated.