MacBook Pro stolen - what to do?

Hi,
my house go broken into last week and my MBPro was stolen. I made the mistake of deleting it from the list of My Products before noting down the serial number. I don't think I have the proof of purchase and certainly don't have the packaging.
Is there any way of recovering the serial number of a product that was previously linked to my Apple ID?
Thanks.

Call the police to report it stolen, and then call AppleCare.  This is just a user to user forum.  Next time buy Lapcop or Lojack.  Both can help you track a stolen machine.

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