Eureka woman's hard drive containing master's thesis stolen; Reward being offered

◼ Lynch had hoped to graduate from the Humboldt State University's Environment and Community Master of Arts in Social Science program by the end of the summer, but that may now be put on hold. - Lorna Rodriguez/The Times-Standard

On the night of April 3 or early morning of April 4, Leanne Lynch's home near O and Buhne streets in Eureka was broken into.

Her jewelry -- including heirlooms from her great-grandmother -- Kodak camera, laptop and most importantly, the external hard drive and flash drives that had all of her work saved on them, were taken.

”They stole every piece of data that I have,” Lynch said. “All the projects that I've done since I started school.”

”I had extra copies -- the things that you do in case it fails,” she said. “But never did I think someone would break into my home. I never imagined this would happen.”