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Oct 7, 2008 7:23 pm US/Eastern
Family: Dead Woman's Stolen Rings Returned
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Evelyn DeFlavis is shown here with her daughters.
WBZ
The wedding rings stolen from the hand of an elderly woman who had just died at a hospital in Brockton have been anonymously returned, the family said Tuesday.
The family of 89-year-old
Evelyn DeFlavis was devastated when the beloved rings were stolen last month from
Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center. They said they received a call from hospital officials on Monday, who said the rings had been anonymously mailed to the hospital.
The family retrieved the rings Tuesday. DeFlavis' daughter, Kim Gordon, had said the family left the rings on their mother's fingers because they intended to bury them with her.
They say the rings were stolen somewhere between DeFlavis' room and the hospital morgue.
After the family reported the rings stolen,
three more families came forward to report that jewelry was stolen from the bodies of their loved ones who died at the hospital.
Hospital officials have launched an internal investigation.
So far, no arrests have been made.
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