Vancouver police seek woman who stole from 105-year-old
Woman entered room with flowers, left with valuable painting
Vancouver police are looking for a woman who allegedly walked into a 105-year-old woman’s room at an assisted-living home and stole a valuable Emile Zola painting on July 14. The woman apparently entered with a box of flowers and made off with the painting and a photograph of the victim at age 17. Police say the robber was unknown to the elderly victim. Camera footage shows a heavy-set Caucasian woman who appears to be between 30 and 35 years old.
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