Article: Gardner museum, FBI watch for links to 1990 theft

When news of the stolen Thomas Jefferson portrait filtered around Boston yesterday, ears perked up at the FBI and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, where one of the largest art heists of all time remains unsolved.

Boston police are leading the investigation into the theft of the Jefferson portrait, but the FBI is following it closely, in part to find leads that could help find $200 million in art stolen from the Gardner Museum on March 18, 1990.

"We're interested because it's another art theft," said William J. McMullin, an FBI spokesman. "We'd be interested in details on this theft and tracking down whoever's responsible to see if there's any connection with the Gardner. There is no ...

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