Woman Uses Daughter’s Key to ‘Steal’ Car
A college student who reported that his car was stolen got a surprise when he learned a woman had mistaken it for her daughter’s car and taken it- using her key. Kate Anderson of Athens became an accidental car thief when she went to pick up her daughter’s car near an Ohio University building last week. Anderson spotted the nickel-gray Toyota Camry and used her daughter’s key to unlock the car, start the engine and drive home- without realizing that the car wasn’t her daughter’s.
Oddly enough, the exact same thing happened to me about 20 years ago. My friend had a Honda Civic; we walked up to it in the parking lot of a mall, unlocked the door and got in. It was only after he started the car that we realized that it was not his. Same make, model and color, same keys – must be something about Japanese cars made in the 80’s.
