A Manitoba woman whose car was stolen last week, with the suspected thieves inadvertently sending a selfie to her, says she was disgusted when she found her vehicle damaged and filled with garbage.

Lucille Lavoie's car was taken after she had parked it on a street in Winnipeg's St. James area and hopped out to help her daughter-in-law carry in some groceries on Sept. 25.

The back window of Lucille Lavoie's car, which she found in a tow company lot over the weekend, has been smashed. (Lucille Lavoie/Facebook) Later that day, she turned on her home computer and found a photo of three people — a female and two males — automatically uploaded from her phone, which was in the car at the time it was stolen.

The three had taken a picture of themselves from inside the vehicle.

On Friday, Lavoie learned that her car ended up in a towing company's compound. She went to see it over the weekend.

"I was pretty devastated," she told CBC News on Monday.

Lavoie took this photo of garbage in the front seat of her car. (Lucille Lavoie/Facebook) "I didn't realize how people treat other people's property. It was devastating, actually. You know what it looked like? It looked like somebody put three animals in my car and left them there for three days."

Lavoie said the seats were slashed, the back window was smashed and garbage littered the inside of the vehicle. A brick was found in the back seat.

"It was disgustingly filthy," she said.

"Something inhumane did this."

Lavoie said her cellphone wasn't inside her car, but she did find her garage remote under a pile of trash.

Three people were taken into police custody last week, but Winnipeg police have not indicated if they have been charged.

Before the arrests, Lavoie had shared the selfie on Facebook, and it was quickly shared thousands of times.

She said she also received help from people who recognized the people in the photo, and she passed on that information to police.

On Monday, Lavoie said she hopes the people who stole her car will be held accountable for their actions.