US teen amputee recovers stolen prosthetic leg

0 Comments | AFP, January, 2006

LOS ANGELES (AFP) — An American teenage amputee whose prosthetic leg was stolen has recovered the artificial limb after it was apparently placed in her yard by a remorseful thief, police said.

In November, burglars broke into the Los Angeles area home of 16-year-old Melissa Huff. stealing money and other valuables, including her prosthetic leg, which was specially made with a flexible foot to allow her to play softball.

Huff lost her right leg two years ago when a driver lost control of his car and ploughed into her as she stood on the pavement in front of her Los Angeles-area school.

The teen found the leg Thursday in the family home's yard in Temple City northeast of here.

Police sergeant David Austin, of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's...