CLEAR LAKE – Police say “precious heirlooms” were stolen in recent days from the family of Richie Valens in Clear Lake.
On February 3, 2019, the Clear Lake Police Department responded to theft report of two picture collages and one movie poster belonging to the Ritchie Valens’ Family. The family was in town for the Winter Dance Party celebration held over the past weekend at the Surf Ballroom. The items were taken from the Best Western Motor Lodge in Clear Lake on Saturday, February 2nd from a conference room during a family luncheon.
Investigators have been working with the Valens’ Family, the Best Western and the Surf. The items’ return is the primary concern for the family. The items have been described as “precious heirlooms.” The actual value is still being determined.
The family and the police department are seeking the public’s help in this matter. If anyone has information on the whereabouts of the items (pictures attached to the email) please contact the Clear Lake Police Department at 641-357-2186 or at police@cityofclearlake.org.
Why were these “precious heirlooms taken out of the surf ballroom? maybe they should of been better guarded, and taken back to the surf when the gathering was over.
HEK 293-please watch, https://youtu.be/A-w0aOZ21jo
Police say local community depends to heavily on the one time buddy holly played their little town and won’t ever let it go. almost as sad as mason city never letting the sunglass music man thing go. Meredith Wilson made some money and moved cuz he like it here so much. The cold of this place killed buddy holly, it’s a tragedy not a fun thing we should celebrate every year. This area needs some culture, it might help if we had anything current and or relevant to brag about. No the event center isn’t worth telling out of towners about. To them it will be just another empty building on the way through a ghost town of a downtown.
Real nice! It just shows how low North Iowa has become that something like this can happen.
please watch, https://youtu.be/d72KsFEenz8
From here the pics look like Lou Diamond Philips
stupid crooks, what ya gunna do with them??? cant show them to anyone or display them. cant sell them, only someone dumber then you would buy them. stupid stupid stupid
I cant believe some dirt bag would do such a thing. You have to be a pretty sad low life douche bag. Someone knows who did this so if you know go to the police..
You would think they had security cameras ?
Give them back, nobody in their right mind would buy them.
i hope they find this missing heirloom