In 1997, a New Mexico woman lost herengagement ring.
This past week, the woman, who doesn't want her name published, was reunited with the 3-carat pear-shaped diamond.
Santa Fe police announced a few weeks ago that the ring, which had been in their possession for more than two years, would be auctioned off if no one claimed it. Police say 25 eager-but-unsuccessful claims were were made before the rightful owner provided the receipt for the long-lost ring and a photo of her wearing it.
"First words out of her mouth were, 'This is my ring,'" Lieutenant Louis Carlos said of the woman who bought the ring in 1997 on credit.
The woman's fiance at the time promised to make payments on it. She claims that shortly after the ring disappeared, so did he. The bill she was stuck with, which included a list of the "used" ring's flaws, helped her claim her ring.
The Daily Journal reports that the 45-year-old Albuquerque woman was making dinner when the $30,000 ring went missing. She took the ring off before handling raw meat and never saw it again.
"It was about the same time the engagement broke off, so she thought maybe her ex had taken it, but she also wasn't certain she didn't accidentally throw the ring out," Carlos said. "Either way, without knowing for sure what she did with the ring, she decided never to file a report with police."
Santa Fe Police acquired the ring after a couple tried to sell it to a local jeweller two years ago. The store owner found it suspicious that they only wanted $200 for a ring that was so valuable.
The couple deserted the ring when police arrived at the shop. Since then, the jewelry sat in an evidence room.
The ring and its owner were reunited after the woman's friend forwarded her the story of the unclaimed diamond in Santa Fe. After 14 years, she had long given up hope of ever seeing her ring again.
"What she said was she actually found a long-lost love," Carlos told KRQE News 13.
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