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juniperb
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posted January 16, 2013 10:40 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
WOW! This is so heartwarming and courageous.

The old saying, "Better late than never," rang particularly true for the Riphagen family of suburban Chicago.

The Riphagens had four gold rings returned to them, along with an anonymous letter of apology, 15 years after they had been stolen.

Margot Riphagen, 31, who now lives in Portland, Ore., recalls exactly when the rings were stolen. She was only 16 years old when she had a party that got a bit out of hand. A few items were stolen, most notably those four rings.


"The first ring is my mother's actual wedding band, that she was not wearing because she was going to get it re-sized. The second is a ring with a small diamond that my father gave my mother when my sister was born, who is a year older than I am," said Riphagen.

"And then the other two, I actually didn't know existed until we got them back, but they are my grandparents' wedding bands. They had small diamond chips put into them for me and my sister when we got older. So it was a pretty big deal. I'm now actually wearing my grandfather's wedding band."

http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/thief-writes-apology-letter-returns-stolen-gold-rings-223408861--abc-news-topstories.html

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Randall
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posted January 16, 2013 01:08 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

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hannaramaa
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posted January 16, 2013 06:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for hannaramaa     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I read that today too! I wish we knew more about the person, like why now out of the blue and all of a sudden they returned them. I'm sure tracking the family down after that long played a part but what about everything else? I wonder if they committed other crimes too, do they have cancer? Are they a born again Christian? WHY? My Gemini ASC must know!

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juniperb
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posted January 16, 2013 07:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I wondered why s/he still had them after all this time. What was the purpose of stealing? No sales so no money motive and it seems s/he didn`t give them away... so why steal and why still have them?

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posted January 17, 2013 12:06 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Faith     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Quote from the comments section:

“There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse.” ~ Seneca

True, I think.

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