MADRID, Sep. 5 (EUROPA PRESS) -
The United States Federal Police (FBI) has recovered the mythical ruby slippers from 'The Wizard of Oz'. The red shoes worn by Dorothy, the main character in the film played by American actress Judy Garland, were stolen from a museum 13 years ago.
The US agency has indicated that the ruby-colored shoes, one of the four pairs that Garland used during the filming of the 1939 classic, which were part of a collection in honor of Garland, have been recovered in the town of Minneapolis, in the state from Minnesota, the actress's place of origin, according to the local newspaper 'Star Tribune'.
The FBI, which has pointed out that "Dorothy's shoes are a valuable piece of American culture", has asked the population for help to identify the suspects, who would be related to the robbery and who would have tried to extort money from the owners of the shoes. shoes with which Dorothy walked the yellow brick road in the film directed by Victor Fleming.
"We hope that people can help us complete this puzzle to bring those behind the robbery to justice," said Jill Sanborn, agent in charge of the FBI office in Minneapolis.
Local media claim that the shoes were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in a robbery recorded on the night of August 27, 2005 and lasted less than a minute.
According to the FBI, the shoes had been missing for 13 years despite the exhaustive search carried out by the security forces, which even registered several abandoned mines.
In 2015, an anonymous fan of the film offered a $1 million reward for its return. The Grand Rapids Police Department requested the help of the FBI in 2017 as part of a registered extortion scheme against the Markel Corporation, which owns the shoes.
The ruby slippers have been sent to the National Museum of American History, which is run by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, where several curators have confirmed that they are the stolen shoes.
