Early Hours Of The Morning

On reading further he found out that the burglary took place in the early morning of  November 29. A man and a woman posing as a couple stood right before the museum doors. Just when a security guard was about the unlock the doors to let a member of staff inside the premises, something unexpected happened. 

A Quick Distraction

The couple struggled to enter the museum and as the museum was to be opened for the public, the guard too did not stop them from entering. Not only that, the guard started conversing with the lady who happened to be 60 years old. Little did guard know his distraction was going to cost him a lot.

Distracted

The woman continued talking to the guard in order to distract him. The man with the woman was quite young, By appearance, it seemed that the man must be in his twenties. Whereas the woman was talking to the guard, the man rushed to the third floor of the building. What was going on in his mind?    

The Steal

The two were talking when the man came hastily towards her. The couple talked to each other and suddenly both stormed out of the museum. The guard, on the other hand, kept watching them and then the penny dropped! He ran inside to see if anything was missing. At that time the guard was the only security personnel present at the premises. 

No Surveillance Cameras Jerome Jacobson

Unfortunately, the museum had no cameras at that time. Besides that, the police could not find any fingerprints.  There was no clue! However, there was a witness who claimed that he/she saw a rust color sports car speeding away but could not register the license plate number. 

It Had Vanished

It did not take much time for the guard to figure out that a valuable painting was missing from its frame. It was Woman-Ochre made by de  Kooning. Clearly, the pair had stolen the painting and had run away. So now there was no clue, no evidence and no idea where the couple had gone. the cops had never thought that this case would prolong to next three decades.