Thugs! Maybe someone who has already one T but wanted a quick much better setting and the opposite gender to breed them.Could be young people who have no idea how difficult is to care for reptiles in order to mimic real life conditions, (not living with parents necessarily); could be some one...
Where,which area was lost? Try local vets. Most people would not keep found animals. There is a policy of 7 days kept with the vets in case the person who lost a pet could claim it.