$1 million reward offered for ruby slippers stolen from Grand Rapids - Duluth News Tribune
The slippers were stolen in August 2005 and museum director John Kelsch said officials hope someone will speak up, if the slippers haven't been destroyed, now that a donor is offering a reward. To receive the reward, the exact, current location of the ruby slippers must be given for the Grand Rapids Police Department to find them — or the ruby slippers must be turned in to the police department. The ruby slippers must be in recognizable condition, Kelsch said. The theft of the ruby slippers remains an open police case, Kelsch said. The missing pair are one of four known pairs of ruby slippers worn by Garland — a Grand Rapids native — in "The Wizard of Oz. " One pair is in the Smithsonian Institution, another will be going into a new Los Angeles museum and the third pair is... Source: www.duluthnewstribune.com
