Thieves continue to target family trying to rebuild after tragedy

That is the message being sent by a distraught Dubbo family attempting to rebuild their home and their lives.

For the third time in just two weeks, Melissa Stevens and her siblings have been confronted with break-and-enters of the house they are attempting to restore.

Ms Stevens is one of seven children left behind by Karen Ramirez, who died in a car crash near Sandy Hollow in March that sent shockwaves through her circle of family and friends.

At the time of her death Ms Ramirez had her four youngest children scattered around Dubbo as she attempted to fix an issue with their house that left it in a state where it couldn't be lived in.

It had been the family's hope that with the money raised through a GoFundMe campaign they could repair the house and the children could go home.

But three acts of senseless vandalism have put them behind budget and behind schedule.

On May 24 the Daily Liberal ran a story highlighting the theft of about $1500 worth of tools from the site of the family home on Wheelers Lane.

The tools belonged to another of Ms Ramirez's children, 24-year-old Mitchell Bulmer.

But the day after the article appeared more equipment was taken from the site, and on Monday of this week the family arrived at the premises to find windows smashed.

"We're just left wondering how people could stoop so low," Ms Stevens said.

"The sheer hide to not only come here once and take Mitchell's tools but to keep coming back has us all pretty upset.

"It's just left us wondering where we go to from here. The kids just want to be at home in their own rooms."

As well as the frustration of wondering how people could pick on a family that has already been through so much, the incidents have also resulted in a delay to the completion of the project.

"We were ready to order new windows, the plumber is done and we had an electrician ready to do the re-wiring," Ms Stevens said.

"The guys from the TAFE have beena great help but until all the finger prints are taken they can't do much so it has just set the whole thing back.

"It is all on hold now because we just don't know when it will all stop. We're at the point where we are thinking about having to camp there each night, which isn't ideal in winter.

"But if that's what we have to do in order to stop this then we will look at it."

Police from the Orana Local Area Command are encouraging anyone with information to come forward as they try to find the perpetrators.

"We are treating the matters very seriously," Inspector Mark Dixon said.

"If there is anyone out there who was in the area at the time or noticed something suspicious we encourage them to either contact Crime Stoppers or the Dubbo Police Station.

"Our investigations are continuing and any assistance we can get would be helpful."