WINONA, Minn. – Two women reported jewelry tentatively valued at $13,000 missing from their house. They blamed a homeless woman they had befriended and who had stayed with them for a month. Police planned to begin a sweep of pawn shops as soon as the homeowners assemble an inventory with detailed descriptions. The jewelry was mostly gold, the women said. They described their temporary guest as 44 years old and from Talladega, Alabama. The woman had stayed with them at their house on 1000 block of West King Street from December 12 to January 14, at which point they asked her to leave. Only recently, they told police, did they realize the jewelry was missing. Police said they didn’t know the backstory of how the homeowners, age 67 and 60, had met the homeless Alabama woman but that they wanted to help her get on her feet. Police were unsure why she was asked her eventually to move on.
