Police are trying to solve the case of an antique violin that was stolen from a Windsor home and they have released a photo of woman who they said made purchases using credit cards that were also stolen from the home.
Police responded to the Lawrence family’s home on July 29 to investigate a home burglary and said the credit cards that were taken were later used at Stop & Shop in Wethersfield, at Metro Gas in Windsor and at Mercury Gas located in Hartford.
Tim Lawrence said the 1800s French violin that was stolen was a family heirloom.
“Every drawer was open and things were on the floor and rifled through, and I looked into the music room over here and I realized my violin and its case were gone from the couch,” he said.
That violin was a gift to his great-grandfather and had been passed down for generations. Now he’s hoping to get it back, so he will one day be able to pass it down to his children.
“Gold pocket watch that my wife gave me on our first trip to Ireland together has meaning to me, but the memory of that, it’s not something that will go away, so I still feel that, but I want my fiddle back that’s a different story,” he said.
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"Conservatory Violin" is carved into the back of the scroll of the violin - -the top part with pegs.
Police are asking for people who can identify the woman in the released photo to contact them.
Officials said the woman, who has a “Sun” style tattoo on the back of her neck, made purchases using these stolen credit cards and she was a passenger it what is believed to be a 2000-era gray four-door Mazda 3.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Blezard at the Windsor Police Department at 860-688-4545, extension 541.
