Where's the beef? Steaks snatched in rare Ontario meat theft

Where's the beef?

It's the question provincial police investigators in Norfolk County are asking after a steak theft left a hungry familyfeeling raw.

The meat wasreported stolen on Monday from a family's garage where the homeowner was preparing the beef to be cooked for dinner.

Police said the homeowner left for a short time only to return to find the steaks had seemingly vanished.

OPP spokeswoman Const. Stacey Culbertsaid that while investigators often receive complaints about stolen food, capers involving stolen steaks are rare.

"No, we don't investigate thefts of steaks from garages everyday, but to know there was either a person or a stranger in your home that breached that security for you is certainly worth calling the police over," she said Thursday.

Still, Culbert said, the crime was apparently well done because officers who arrived at the scene could find few clues as to who would, or what, would be the culprit.

"Nobody was found lurking around and there was no evidence around the scene to suggest that we definitely had a break-in at the scene that occurred."

"It's obvious someone had the intent to steal some food or animal had a really good supper," Culbert said.