Victimized of a break-in, woman calls thieves on her stolen phone [Video]

DETROIT (FOX 2) – A single mother from Detroit stopped at her favorite restaurant near Sinai-Grace Hospital for 10 minutes, and when she returned to her car, her world turned upside down.

“When I came back, I looked, and I said, ‘The window is busted,'” she said.

Like many people, her entire life was in her car—her phone, wallet, work badge, and computer.

“I was devastated. I feel like my identity was being taken away from me little by little,” she said.

The incident happened on Saturday evening near McNichols and Schaefer. Detroit police took a report, but Faustine Onweneme couldn’t wait.

“When I got home, something told me to call my phone, so I called my phone, and the thief answered,” she said.

She soon learned the thieves were 14- and 15-year-old boys. She has a son who is 13.

“It was a blessing in a weird way.”

Instead of being angry, she acted as a mom.

“I called back and …