I'll try an imaginative spin on this:
Jamie, I hope it turns out to be, like, a prank by some rambunctious friends,
who after the joke's over, return Annie vacuumed, waxed, and polished, with
Armor-All on her tires and everything. And, I hope, like, later it's all
smiles and slaps on the back, until you turn around and prank them by getting
them shackled and thrown in jail. I don't know whether you have crazy old
fraternity brothers who might pull a stunt like this.
Or maybe it's a hostage situation. Have you received a ransom letter? I
imagine poor Annie, held against her will in a warehouse by the docks, with the
bad guys on the phone saying, "Come alone. Bring the money. No cops if you
want to see her alive". Then they'd rev her engine so you'd know it's her.
Maybe I've been watching too much TV.
I know it strikes really close to home when something like this happens,
though. Best wishes for a positive outcome.
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