(MOBILE, Ala.) June 22- Richie DeLucia was a father of two, a musician and a cook working toward opening his own restaurant. But he never realized that dream. Last September he died in his sleep on the couch at his home in Atmore. His wife Elizabeth found him.
"He just looked like in a weird position and I went over there to wake him up," recalled the tearful wife.
But the 34-year-old was gone. His family says he died from a heart condition that runs in the family.
Elizabeth's nightmare recently got even worse. While in the process of moving to Mobile with their three year old daughter, someone stole Richie's desktop computer.
"It's got music, it's got letters, poetry, pictures that I don't have copies of," said Elizabeth, "things that are important to me and that my daughter would want one day and his son."
The theft happened during a party a relative had at the new home in Mobile while Elizabeth was not there. A keyboard and other items were also taken.
"Everything that we had left of Richie was on the computer," said Betty DeLucia, Richie's mother. "This is my son. This is what we have left of my son. It keeps him alive for his children and for us."
And now the family is pleading for help to get this part of Richie's legacy back.
"We will not press charges," said Elizabeth. "I cannot stress that enough or if anyone was here at that party and thinks they have an idea, please, please, please, there will be something for you in that."
Mobile Police say they do have a suspect in the theft, but have not made an arrest.
The family is asking anyone with information to give them a call at (251) 344-0590.
