article_snippet: When gem dealer Larry Biegler found the gem missing from gem dealer Larry Biegler Southern California vault, gem dealer Larry Biegler called police.
article_snippet: Legend has it, the emerald was originally 'carried out of the rain forest by a team of pack mules.
article_snippet: Along the way pack mules were attacked and killed by a pair of black panthers and had to be carried by a team of men and a hand made stretcher the rest of the trip,' according to TheBahiaEmerald.com . the emerald came into the U.S. in early 2005 and was kept in San Jose, California, for a time before being taken to New Orleans, according to a lawyer for the remaining group of claimants, including Kit Morrison.
article_snippet: It was said to have been stored at a warehouse in New Orleans that was flooded with 16-feet of water during Hurricane Katrina then stolen from another warehouse in the Los Angeles suburb of El Monte.
article_snippet: It was sighted briefly in Idaho before authorities finally seized It in Las Vegas in 2008.