REDMOND, OR -- A Redmond Police Facebook post about a diaper bag got a lot of traction this week, and led to a car prowl investigation. The bag was found Tuesday at Hayden Park and turned in by a Good Samaritan.

Samantha Kazak says it must’ve been taken from her parked car over the weekend. "Saturday, I went out with some friends and the baby. I got home and I left it in the car. Didn’t get into the car at all and then on Monday, when I went to run some errands, the car was unlocked, which made me realize I forgot to lock it; and the diaper bag wasn’t in there." She tells KBND News, "I thought my fiance moved it. I called him and he said he didn’t. So then we figured it was stolen but nothing was broken or anything, so I didn’t make a police report." 

Instead, she posted to Reddit, warning others not to leave valuables in their car, "Someone had replied to the post, saying the Redmond PD had found a diaper bag. So I clicked on the link and I was like, ‘Oh my God! That’s my diaper bag.’" Kazak is surprised but grateful to get it back, "I’m from Seattle and I never would’ve seen that bag again. I wrote it off."

Thieves also got the emergency $5 bill she keeps in the car. But overall, she considers herself lucky, "I mean, it’s just a bag full of baby stuff. We were joking that if somebody did break into my car, because that had to be what happened, it’s the least successful car break-in ever. They got $5 and some diapers and wipes."

They also took a winter coat; Kazak says someone else obviously needed it more than she did. But she's more interested in what they didn’t take, "My fiance works for a hemp company and they’re doing medicinal mushroom research, and there was a medicinal mushroom chocolate bar next to the $5. They left that."

While she’s glad to get back her five-month-old daughter’s blankets and custom carseat cover, Kazak says it’s a good reminder not to leave valuables in the car. And always lock up.