30 K Diamond Ring Returned

Published on 06/07/11

Police have found the rightful owner of a $30,000 stunning diamond ring just weeks before it was to be auctioned off because it sat in an evidence room for two years.

In 2009, police said the ring ended up in their evidence locker after two people tried to sell it to a Santa Fe jeweler. The owner of the store thought it was suspicious because the couple only wanted a few hundred bucks, and he knew the ring would appraise for about $30,000.

When police were called the couple ran off.

Lt. Louis Carlos said for two years not one single call came into the Santa Fe Police Department about this three-carat pear-shaped stunner. So the diamond ring sat in police evidence since 2009.