Author: Jennifer Medina / Source: New York Times
LOS ANGELES — It’s taken far more than three clicks of the heels to bring the ruby slippers back home.
Thirteen years ago, the famed red-sequined heels from “The Wizard of Oz” were mysteriously stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. With no fingerprints or security camera footage, police were left with few clues as to who broke through an entrance out back and smashed the plexiglass box holding the shoes.
The only thing left behind: a lone red sequin.Now, the hunt is over. The F.B.I. announced Tuesday that the stolen slippers have been found, though no suspects were immediately revealed.
For many years, local, federal and private investigators pursued a variety of theories, eventually offering a $1 million reward for locating the shoes, one of four known pairs worn by Ms. Garland in the 1939 classic movie.
Dozens of leads came in after the reward was announced — but none of them seemed to bring investigators closer to solving the crime.
At the time of their theft on August 28, 2005, the shoes were on loan to the museum from a collector in North Hollywood, Calif.
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