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Associated Press - November 19, 2009 12:25 PM ET
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A man who spent two months in a coma at an Austin hospital awoke to discover he was a crime victim.
Austin police said Thursday that they're seeking a woman seen on ATM bank surveillance video using his debit card.
Police say the Seton Medical Center patient lapsed into a coma in May and that his debit card was used at least eight times in late June to steal more than $1,300. One withdrawal happened in San Antonio, while the rest were in Austin.
Police Detective Matt Conley says the card had been in the man's wallet in a backpack kept in his room. He says that when the man came to, the backpack remained but the wallet was gone.
Police are withholding the name of the victim, who didn't learn of the theft until his discharge. Hospital officials are cooperating in the investigation.
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