Officials at the Federal Bureau of Investigation have confirmed sightings of $500 million worth of stolen Isabella Stewart Gardner artwork, according to Fox News.
Almost 25 years ago, two men disguised as law enforcement officers entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and stole 13 pieces of art. For more than two decades, the case went cold.
However, FBI Special Agent Geoff Kelly, lead investigator in the Gardner case, told Fox News about the recent developments that suggest the art has been found.
Kelly also named three persons of interest in the case -- Carmello Merlino, Robert Guarente, and Robert Gentile -- all of which have ties to organized crime.
Though Merlino and Guarente are dead, a lawyer for Gentile has continually denied his client's involvement in the case.
In 2012, Gentile's home in Manchester, Connecticut was searched after authorities learned he may have helped Guarante bring the artwork to Philadelphia, where it was last seen in 2000.
Though no sign or evidence of the artwork was found in Gentile's home, investigators discovered police paraphernalia, including "clothing, articles of clothing with police and FBI insignias on it, handcuffs, a scanner, two way radios, and Tasers," Kelly said.
Anyone with information on the Gardner artwork is asked to call the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI. There is a $5 million reward in this case, Fox News said.
