OFFICERS BROUGHT HIM THE BEST POSSIBLE NEWS. MARLEI: SACRAMENTO POLICE DELIVERING SOME MUCH-ANTICIPATED GOOD NEWS. TELLING 106-YEAR-OLD CURLY THAT THEY FOUND HIS STOLEN CLASSIC CAR. >> THIS WHOLE FAMILY, EVERYBODY LOVED THAT CAR. MARLEI: OVER THE YEARS, THEY RACKED UP A TRUNK FULL OF TROPHIES. HE CALLED IT RITA’S CAR, NAMED AFTER THE RITA HAWORTH, SAYING THE HOLLYWOOD LEGEND GIFTED IT TO HIM WHEN SHE DIED. >> I MET HER AT A PARTY IN BEVERLY HILLS. SHE IS QUITE A LADY. HELLUVA DANCER MARLEI: RITA’S CAR BECAME HIS BABY. HE WAS A HOLLYWOOD STUNT ALONGSIDE HIS BEST FRIEND AND KING OF WESTERNS, TOM. BUT CURLY TRADED IN THE COWBOY BOOTS FOR COMBAT BOOTS WHEN HE WAS DRAFTED INTO THE NAVY FOR WORLD WAR II. >> YOU CAN PUT YOUR FINGER IN THAT HOLE. I HAD HOLES ALL OVER ME. MARLEI: HIS SERVICE EARNING HIM THREE PURPLE HEART AND A SHEET FULL OF MEDALS. AFTER BEING SHOT DOWN IN AN AIRPLANE. NOW, THE NAVY VETERAN WAS UPSET THAT SOMEONE WOULD STEAL HIS ONE PRIZED POSSESSION FROM HIS OWN HOME. >> MY FIGHTING DAYS ARE KIND OF OVER WITH. [LAUGHTER] MARLEI: ON SUNDAY, HIS FRIEND NOTICED SOMETHING ODD WITH THE GARAGE AND DISCOVERED THE CADILLAC WAS GONE. >> IT IS HARD TO FATHOM THAT SOMEONE WOULD DO THIS TO A 106-YEAR-OLD MAN. MARLEI: SO MANY PEOPLE CARED ABOUT CURLY AND HIS CADILLAC THAT SOMEONE LEFT A NOTE IN HIS MAILBOX. >> IS WHO YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, SIGNED ANONYMOUS. MARLEI: POLICE FOUND THE CAR BUT SAYS NO ONE IS IN CUSTODY YET AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. CURLY IS JUST READY TO BRING RITA’S CAR HOME. >> I FEEL LIKE I AM ON CLOUD NINE. CLOUD 10, I WILL BE ON IT. [LAUGHTER] MARLEI: IN SACRAMENTO, MARLEI MARTIN