Posted on 12/24/2007 6:47:22 AM PST by Cagey
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. -- A Central Florida family struggling this holiday season after a crime put them in the middle of a shootout was shocked to find a large bag of Christmas gifts and ornaments left at their door with a mysterious note and cross.
Joy Wray and her family were in an Altamonte Springs parking lot on Nov. 6 when a man tried to carjack them while fleeing from sheriff's deputies. The family was caught in the middle of a shootout.
Since the incident, their lives have been a series of hospital visits and medical bills.
"We'll forever feel the bruises and pain from being ricocheted," Wray said.
Wray said it's nice to know her family is not forgotten this year.
"It's very special," Wray said. "Someone is looking out there for me. It is going to make my children a lot happier on Christmas Day when they open their presents."
"I really didn't ask for this and it is nice for someone to think of us," another family member said.
The note on the bag said, "Regards, from Orange County deputies."
The man accused of trying to carjack the Wray family, Joshua Bouie, 19, remains in the Seminole County Jail, facing charges of robbery and attempted murder of law enforcement officer.
“Regards, from Orange County deputies.”
Real mysterious
God bless the family and their Good Samaritans :)
I’d say that if the bag reads “Regards, from Orange County deputies”, it’s not that much of a mystery. Good for the Deputies!
There are Angels among us all.
I wonder who it could be?
I think the reporter meant the mystery was why it said “Regards”, instead of “Merry Christmas”.
I re-read it, and sorry, I don’t see how you come to that comclusion at all.
Man . . . that reporter and editor should be working for the Enquirer instead of a local newspaper. Good for the deputies and “boo” to the attempt to insert “mystery” into a feel-good Christmas story . . .
Nice gesture, lousy headline.
Beautiful, uplifting story, mystery or not.
Why isn’t Joshua Bouie paying the medical bills?
Could be because hes a poor POS punk that has to steal a car instead of getting a job to buy one!
That’s a lovely story indicitive of festive spirit and I just wish it could be like that all the time!
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