Aunny Grace’s troubles began at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport on May 29, when her flight was delayed and she had to sleep at the airport overnight, she told NBC Los Angeles. She ended up taking a different flight to Burbank and left without her luggage.
Five days later, the airline sent the wrong suitcase to her house, Grace told the TV station. She realized she could track her luggage using an AirTag attached to her suitcase and saw that it somehow ended up at a homeless encampment.
"When I arrived, my bag had slowly made its way down to Santa Monica and Western and that is when I found my stuff, not my suitcase, but particles of my stuff in a homeless man’s shopping cart," Grace told KTLA. "You kind of get to a point where you’re looking around the encampment and think, ’I don’t even want my stuff back.’ I had toiletry bags that were dumped upside down. I had makeup bags. All the makeup was gone."
Grace had medicine, jewelry and bags that she had purchased from Bali ransacked from her luggage, according to NBC Los Angeles. She also noticed other stolen suitcases with American Airline tags on them.
"That day I saw dozens of suitcases, brand new suitcases, name-brand suitcases strewn across Western and Sunset," Grace told KTLA. "Rows and rows of suitcases, bicycles, baby strollers with airline tags on them everywhere."
Grace’s friend, who had accompanied her to find her lost luggage, agreed to pay the homeless man to get her belongings back, according to ABC7. Grace said that she’s seen bags left out in the open at the airport, making it easy for anyone to steal them.