Lost Purse Containing $43,000 Is Returned

[Champ]

CASPER, Wyo. - Two college students returned a lost purse to its owner, not knowing the handbag contained her life savings of $43,000.

Derek Hepner and Adam Simanton spotted the purse lying in the gutter of a Casper street Monday as they drove past it. Stopping to examine the bag, they pulled out a wallet and an Arizona driver's license and immediately took the purse to police.


What they didn't see was an envelope containing $43,000 in cash that was the owner's life savings, police Sgt. Larry Baker said.


The owner had been traveling through Casper and apparently misplaced her purse during a stop, police said.

The woman phoned Hepner on Thursday to inform him of a $200 reward for the two Casper College students. Hepner is studying criminal justice, and Simanton plans to be a lawyer.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=816&ncid=816&e=2&u=/ap/20041121/ap_on_re_us/brf_purse_returned

[DS1]

1. A rare mix of incredible luck matched only by stupidity

[Droopy]

3. I would have returned the purse even if I'd known about the money

That might even be more lucky for the purse's owner.

[BensMom]

2. Miracle

It's a miracle and the good turn will come back many times over.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

4. Those two guys have MAJOR good karma

now.

I'd have returned all the money, too. I'd keep thinking "God that could be all someone has in the whole world." And it was in this case.

[dave502d]

5. Who was the DEM that found it?

[Champ]

6. -

Derek Hepner and Adam Simanton spotted the purse

[Endangered Specie]

7. Who carries 43000 in their purse?

at least get some travelers cheques.

[Wickerman]

8. Cool story, Simanton's chances of getting accepted to law school are now

greatly reduced. /gratuitous lawyer joking...

[pinniped]

9. I'm surprised the police didn't confiscate the money and...

claim it was drug money.