Woman spends two days tracking thief who stole her car and wallet by monitoring stolen purchases on her credit card - and steals it back

A Missouri woman whose car was stolen took it upon herself to track down the suspects and filmed herself stealing her vehicle right back.

Danielle Reno, who has no experience as an investigator, hunted down the thieves based off purchases from her debit card as well as GPS from her cellphone, both of which were inside her Toyota 4Runner when it was stolen from a gas station.

In a remarkable display of amateur sleuthing, Reno, of Clay County, spent 48 hours on the tail of the carjackers, trying to find out where they were headed.

Reno finally caught a break when a gas station attendant said the thieves told him they were going to a local Applebee's to eat.

'We stalked this lady for 48 hours. She had no idea what we were doing,' Reno said.

But even she wasn't prepared for the robber to walk right through the door so quickly. 

'We got our waters and she walked in the door. I about had a heart attack,' Reno told KCTV.

Quick thinking Reno then made a quick dash for the exit where she recorded herself stealing her car back before driving a half mile down the road and calling the police.

Clay County Deputies were on the scene quickly and arrested the thief, who was with an accomplice, and Reno even managed to record that too.      

In the video, Reno can be heard saying: 'Oh my gosh, before I call the cops, I wanted to show you all what we just found, by doing our own stalking. At Applebee's, my heart's racing.' 

'She has my wallet in her hand and my keys in her hand.'

Reno then recorded the awful state her car had been left in, with booze bottles littering the rear and a foul stench embedded into the seats. 

'Look at my back seat. Beer in my back seat,' Reno said on the video. 'There's stuff on the car seat. There's stuff on the seat. It's just gross,' she added.

Reno said she can no longer use the car as it was in such a bad state.