worth of art seems to have vanished without a trace. reporter: boston s last, best secret. who stole the 13 works of art from the isabella stewart gardener museum? and where are they now? it is a question that continues to puzzle museum security director anthony amore. what is it about this case that keeps you up at night that still doesn t sit right with you? there were lots of quirk ki things about it. every time you turn around, there s a different i., interesting fact that you find. one of the biggest questions for amore is why did the thieves steal what they did? remember the path on the second floor? when they went from the dutch room to the short gallery, they bypass valuable works of art that were small and portable. and worth a lot more than some
even rick admits the sketch they produced didn t really look like either of the two men. i remember, at the time, thinking there s no way they re going to catch these people from this. unfortunately, that s one of the frustrating aspects of this case is the descriptions that are given were very vague. very generic. jeff kelly from the fbi s boston office is the lead agent in this case. without a good description and virtually no other public information about the thieves identity, the investigators begin to focus their attention on the museum employees. these guys had a very they had a level of comfort in that museum that really points to the fact that if it wasn t an inside job, they definitely had inside information. both the fbi and the museum security director are stuck on the fact that the thieves spent 81 minutes inside the museum. anthony amore says that is eight times as long as the typical art
museum that really points to the fact that if it wasn t an inside job, they definitely had inside information. both the f.b.i. and the museum security director are stuck on the fact that the thieves spent 81 minutes inside the museum. anthony amore says that is eight times as long as the typical art theft. there was a covert just like you d see in a movie and the thieves knew that that hadn t been hit as by how much time they spent in the museum. they were not concerned at all that the police were on their way. so how they knew that the guard didn t hit that alarm is a mystery to me. but did the thieves really know the alarms had not been set off? or could that be why they waited a while to start dismantling the art. remember, motion detectors didn t pick up the thieves trail until 24 minutes after they entered the museum.
had a level of comfort in that museum that really points to the fact that if it wasn t an inside job, they definitely had inside information. both the fbi and the museum security director are stuck on the fact that the thieves spent 81 minutes inside the museum. anthony amore says that is eight times as long as the typical art theft. there was a covert just like you would see in the bank, a and the thieves knew that that hadn t been hit as by how much time they spent in the museum. how he knew that the guard hadn t hit that alarm is a mystery to me. could that be why they waited a while? remember, motion detectors didn t pick up the thieves trail until 24 minutes after they entered the museum.
they haven t been able to catch the thieves and $500 million worth of art seems to have vanished without a trace. reporter: boston s last, best secret. who stole the 13 works of art from the isabella stewart gardener museum? and where are they now? it is a question that continues to puzzle museum security director anthony amore. what is it about this case that keeps you up at night that still doesn t sit right with you? there were lots of quirk ki things about it. every time you turn around, there s a different i., interesting fact that you find. one of the biggest questions for amore is why did the thieves steal what they did? remember the path on the second floor? when they went from the dutch room to the short gallery, they bypass valuable works of art that were small and portable. and worth a lot more than some