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"Someone broke into Rick Martinez\u2019s Algiers Point home and set it on fire.\u201CVery painful, and at the same time, seeing your daughter and son\u2019s stuff burnt, especially birth pictures and stuff like that, that really hurt,\u201D Martinez said.Martinez, a Marine Corps veteran, and his wife, Ginger Chaney, a sergeant in the Marines, were out of town celebrating their daughter\u2019s first birthday when their home went up in flames on Sunday.As if that was not bad enough, Martinez saw upon closer inspection drawers opened and missing items, including their television.The fire began in their daughter\u2019s room. They also lost everything they bought in\u00A0preparation\u00A0for the birth of their son, who is due in six weeks.Fellow Marine, friend and neighbor Karen Holliday immediately started rounding up donations for them.\u201CTo see the house in that state really upset me. I couldn't sleep that night. Just to see all their hopes and dreams, it just compelled me to do something,\u201D she said.The fire investigator initially told the couple the fire was electrical. However after a closer look they realized it was no accident.The house was ransacked and their belongings were missing. Their cat was killed, and it appears someone broke in through the back of their home.\u201CKnowing that they had to go through my home and see my photos and see my daughter's and step over my daughter's toys and step over all these pictures to take the things they took and set it on fire, really was difficult to bear,\u201D Chaney said.Kupcakes Etc. in Algiers Point is accepting donations for the family. Their needs include clothing for a 24-month-old girl and clothing for a newborn boy.A donation page has also been set up at http://www.gofundme.com/1a5nqs."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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