How's the dog? Does he have much time left?
This thread breaks my heart but you can't count on the empathy of criminals.
I'm not convinced that that is what is happening here. This thread has had a creepy and weird feeling to me from the get-go. I'd be uncomfortable generally to have stolen anything from anybody, but especially so in Bitcoin-land, and even more so in the various instances of loss that the Bitcoin Consultancy guys have been involved in.