pair actually matches the left shoe at the smith sonia. the right shoe at the smithsonian matches the left of the stolen pair. authorities identified multiple suspects but are still asking for the public s help to nab the slipper thieves who have given them the slich all these years. i ll get you my pretty. jeanne moos, cnn. there s no place like home. new york. joining me now, ray nick kol, chairman of the board for the judy garland museum in grand rapids, where the shoes were stolen from. when you got the news the fbi had found them as part of a sting operation, what was your reaction? first of all, erica, it was startling news early in the morning, it was all over twitter, the first thing i did was stop into the local grand rapids police department to see this wasn t another joke. as you can guess through the 13 years there have been many
reporter: there are at least four pairs used in the wizard of oz. these, for instance, at the smithsonian. the yellow brick road was a dead-end for investigators despite loads of tips. everything from they re nailed to a wall in roadside diner in muse sorry when i was with my boyfriend when they threw them in an iron orr pit. last summer authorities got a credible tip. they said someone tried to extort the shoe s owner. the slippers were finally recovered this summer in a sting operation. tap your heels together three times. there s no place like home. yeah, but where is home for the long lost, now found ruby red slippers? an insurance company owns the shoes worth $2 million to $5 million. they remain in fbi custody as evidence. they re actually a mismatched pair. the right shoe of the stolen
responsible for the disappearance of two men 15 years ago. terrence williams and felipe santos went missing in naples, florida, one in 2003 and the other in 2004. both were then seen with then deputy steve calkins, who arrested them. he was later fired for giving conflicting statements to investigators but no charges were ever filed. tyler perry doubling the reward to $200,000 for information leading to a conviction in the disappearance of the two men. it wasn t the wizard, but an fbi sting operation that recovered the most-famous slippers in movie history 13 years after they were stolen. tap your heels together three times. there s no place like home. the ruby slippers that dorothy wore in the wizard of oz were taken in 2005 from the judy garland museum in minnesota. the pumps, size 5 1/2, are one of four known pairs that garland wore in that classic film. it is estimated they re worth than 2 million bucks.
so, no one has to feel sorry for me. i m doing fine. geoffrey owens, ladies and gentlemen. geoffrey owens. on gma this morning. and filmmaker tyler perry now offering him a job on a new project. and there s no place like home. authorities tonight recovering a pair of iconic ruby red slippers worn in the wizard of oz. they were stolen from the judy garland museum in minnesota 13 years ago, just found. no arrests have been made. when we come back, labor day is over, back to school, back to work. and you re not going to believe what we heard today from the children. to the junior prom with. he was a cutie! and if you go down, that s me, above him. you won best looking in your senior year of high school? somebody had to win it. my best high school moment was the day i walked across the stage. my dad.couldn t read real good, so, it was a milestone for me. ancestry now has over 300,000 yearbooks from all across the country.
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