Winsted, CT
Somebody broke into the Winsted Diner and looted its cash register.

And if that weren't bad enough, owner Jean Bauer said, some of the money stolen came from a fundraiser to help cover the burial costs of a Canaan teenager who died in a head-on crash two weeks ago.

The diner had been closed Tuesday, and Bauer said her cook arrived at the Main Street landmark about 4 a.m. Wednesday to discover the break-in. Blood stains were found on the back door, which appeared to be pried open, Bauer said.

Besides the door and cash register, nothing else was damaged, Bauer said. She opened the diner in September after buying and renovating the tiny Main Street fixture that had been closed since a December 2005 fire.

Christopher Goodwin, a 19-year-old killed in the crash along Route 44 in Canaan, dated Bauer's daughter and helped her fix up the eatery.

Originally published online here: http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2007/12/20/newsblog/305440.txt