Ray-Ban black glasses with initials lost on campus
Description
I’m Priya Patel, and I lost my Ray-Ban Wayfarer-style black glasses yesterday around 3pm outside Malpass Library on the WIU campus, off University Avenue in Macomb. They’re matte black plastic with a slim frame, small scratch on the right temple, and I can see a faint blue anti-reflective coating on the lenses. Inside the right temple there’s a tiny engraving 'KP' that acts as a tiny clue if someone finds them. These glasses were a gift from my grandmother and mean a lot to me; I really need them back for work and driving. If you found them anywhere near the library steps or by the campus bookstore, please drop them off or message me—I’d be forever grateful.
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