<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/victoria" rel="" target="" title="Victorian"><span>Victorian</span></a><span> couple is warning fellow holidaymakers travelling over the Easter break to be vigilant when leaving their cars at the airport after a nightmare chain of events saw their home ransacked.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Josh and Karen left their car in the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="" title="Melbourne"><span>Melbourne</span></a><span> Airport long-term parking for three nights last month, a place they've parked for 25 years.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When they returned from their short getaway they found their vehicle, along with several others, had been broken into through smashed windows.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/measles-outbreaks-australia-2025-what-is-it-symptoms-rising-cases-everything-to-know-explainer/ebf8e447-3557-44c0-8f4c-92e99c07e883" target="_blank"><strong><span>Endemic measles were eliminated in Australia in 2014. But case numbers are rising again</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The couple believe thieves may have found their address on a document in their vehicle, because they returned home to find their Mornington Peninsula property had been turned upside down.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Every single room was trashed completely, every cupboard, every drawer ... they left no stone unturned," Josh said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Thieves stole jewellery, medical files, birth certificates, passports and electronics.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/easter-holidaymakers-warned-after-couples-home-ransacked-following-airport-robbery/300cf184-73ed-4872-b100-347ed40a4983" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sentimental items were also taken, including a notepad where Karen's mum wrote her last words.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"When she was in the hospital on end of life, that's what I had of her," Karen said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They also found keys to a cabinet with clay shooting guns.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's gone to the underworld, that's the only thing you can think," Josh said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are nervous in our own surroundings."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/boeing-shares-fall-over-report-china-halts-deliveries-in-trade-war/ebc55d23-244a-4d93-bde5-a9f0e3729d58" target="_blank"><strong><span>Boeing shares fall on report that China has halted its deliveries as part of trade war</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Melbourne Airport says it's investigating the incident and working with federal and Victoria police.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Josh and Karen are urging others to check their cars for identifying documents and take images of valuables for future claims.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Be sure you're leaving no evidence of where you live around, be sure to do your house up as tight as you can," Josh said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Travellers should even consider deleting their address from their GPS, according to Neighbourhood Watch chief executive Bambi Gordon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If a crook gets your car they now know where home is, they know you're not there," Gordon said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> "One of the best places to keep your keys, put the spares next door at your neighbour's and do the same for them."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It comes as Melbourne Airport prepares for one its busiest days of the year tomorrow, with about 117,000 travellers expected through the gates.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></a><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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