Mother frustrated in search for dead son's jewelry

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — The mother of a shooting victim who died in a Bridgeport hospital last year is demanding the return of her son's jewelry.

The Connecticut Post reports that Gloristine Thomas says three rings and other jewelry belonging to Greg Thomas are valued at more than $2,500. She says St. Vincent's Medical Center, where her son died, has not returned the items.

St. Vincent's says law enforcement has the jewelry, but police say they don't have the rings.

A few days after the killing on New Year's Day 2012, police returned her the wallet of her 26-year-old son. It contained about $70.

William Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport police, said detectives collected evidence at the crime scene, but did not have Greg Thomas' rings.