TULSA, Okla. — A Tulsa woman says she went through the proper steps after her car went missing.
She filed a stolen vehicle report with Tulsa police and hoped that it would turn up.
While she was waiting to hear news, she discovered it was sold with another driver now behind its wheel.
"I basically walked out of my house and noticed that my car was missing," said Moncia Mireles. "So I immediately called the cops. He said they were going to call me as soon as they found it. And I never got any kind of notification at all."
Turns out three days after her car was stolen, it was found and towed by the city's towing service, Allied Towing.
Fast forward to November, Mireles gets a letter from Oklahoma PIKEPASS saying her car failed to pay a toll.
"I called pike pass and said hey listen, that's my stolen car," Mireles said. "I reported it missing like two months ago."
So she called Tulsa police and discovered her car was recovered and towed in September.
Who drove the car through the toll? Its new owner. That's right, after 47 days in storage it was sold at auction by Allied Towing.
That company told Mireles they sent several letters to her address. The problem, her address is North Lewis place, but her registration says North Lewis Avenue. It's an empty lot.
Mireles understands the issue with the mail, but feels Tulsa police is to blame for her not getting her car back when it was found.
"That could have been solved like right then and there had I got a phone call," Mireles said.
KJRH did reach out to Tulsa Police Auto Theft department to find out if they tried calling Monica. We have not heard back.
Here are some takeaways from Monica's ordeal that could help you if your car is ever stolen.
Make sure your registration has the correct address and report your license plate stolen with your local tag office even if you've filed a police report.
Also, you don't have to wait to hear from police. You can go to the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety website and do a stored vehicle search.
It will tell you if your car is at any tow lot in the entire state.
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