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 ...

Jerry Hal Saliterman, who died Sunday, was accused of keeping the shoes worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” buried in his backyard.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

March 17 (UPI) --Federal charges against a Minnesota man, accused of hiding a stolen pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, were dropped Monday after the ...

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 ...

Federal charges against the man accused of hiding a stolen pair of ruby slippers Judy Garland wore in "The Wizard of Oz" were dropped Monday after the suspect died. Jerry Hal Salitermann ...

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 ...

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 ...