A home burglary in Denver Tuesday morning took more than just a coin collection and digital cameras, it took a grandfather’s keepsake photos of some of the last treasured moments with his slain granddaughter.

Six-year-old Veronica Moser-Sullivan was the youngest of the 12 people killed in the Century Aurora 16 movie theater shooting on July 20. Veronica’s 25-year-old mother, Ashley Moser, was shot in the neck and stomach and continues to recover.

Tuesday morning, her grandmother left home at 9 a.m. and her grandfather returned at 9:45 a.m. to find the home robbed. The burglars pried open a window to enter.

They took four cameras, including a Canon digital camera with a memory card that included some of the last photos ever taken of Veronica, enjoying a cone at Bonnie Brae Ice Cream.

Her grandfather Robert Sullivan said she had graduated from grade school on that day in May, and the ice cream was part of a celebration.

While Veronica and her grandmother were in the restroom a lady at another outdoor table had noticed the photos showing the overjoyed blond-haired, blue-eyed little girl through the viewfinder and told Sullivan, “You’re going to really treasure those.”

Sullivan does not think the burglars intended to take the photos, and he’s hoping they or someone they know will contact him and return, at least, the memory cards. His phone number is 303-936-9514.

“The pictures hold special significance,” he said. “She was a beautiful, special little 6-year-old girl, so angelic, and just a terrible loss.”

Sullivan said he had been through so much emotionally. He had empathized before with people who lost children and grandchildren, but living though it himself has been another matter.

“I look at what happened here today and it’s just another spike in the heart,” he said, pausing for a couple of seconds. “And my heart has been torn apart.”

Joey Bunch: 303-954-1174, jbunch@denverpost.com or twitter.com/joeybunch