A thief involved with the stolen ruby slippers Judy Garland wore in “The Wizard of Oz” has died before going to trial. Jerry Hal Saliterman, 77, of Crystal, Minnesota was due to plead guilty ...

Salitermann was accused of hiding the pair of ruby red slippers that were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Garland's hometown, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in 2005. The slippers' location remained a ...

Jerry Hal Saliterman was allegedly involved in the theft of one of Judy Garland's ruby slippers from a museum in 2005. Prosecutors say he died Sunday.

Friday, March 15, 2024, after he made his initial appearance on charges connected to the 2005 theft of a pair of ruby slippers worn by Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz." (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski ...

A federal judge dismissed the charges Monday against a Minnesota man accused of hiding a stolen pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in the 1939 musical "The Wizard of Oz" after ...

Jerry Hal Saliterman allegedly kept the shoes well-hidden until the FBI managed to trace them to him in 2018 AP Photo/Steve Karnowski A man accused of helping to steal Judy Garland’s famous ruby ...

DULUTH — The man accused of burying the stolen ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” in his backyard for years has died — closing the case against him that never got its ...

Stolen and recovered ruby slippers from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ fetch $28 million at auction A pair of iconic ruby slippers that were worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” and stolen from ...

One of the men charged in the theft of the iconic ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" has died. Jerry Saliterman, who was 77, had been suffering from several health issues ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge on Monday, March 17, dismissed charges against a Minnesota man accused of hiding a pair of ruby slippers worn in "The Wizard Of Oz" and stolen from a museum in 2005 ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A federal judge dismissed the charges Monday against a Minnesota man accused of hiding a stolen pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in the 1939 musical “The Wizard ...

The case of the missing Wizard of Oz ruby slippers has ended abruptly. Jerry Hal Salitermann, 77, one of two men accused of stealing the iconic slippers nearly two decades ago, died March 16 ...