BOSTON 25 WEATHER APP. IF THERE ARE ANY ALERTS IN YOUR AREA, WE
WILL SEND THEM RIGHT HERE.
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'RE
HEARING FROM THE ISABELLA
STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM ABOUT
THE DEATH OF ROBERT GENTILE.
THIS IS VIDEO OF HIM IN THE
WHEELCHAIR DURING A COURT
HEARING YEARS AGO IN
CONNECTICUT, GENTILE WAS
BELIEVED TO BE THE LAST KNOWN
PERSON TO HAVE THE MUSEUM
STOLEN ARTWORK. THE 1990
ROBBERY REMAINS THE LARGEST
UNSOLVED ART HEIST IN U.S.
HISTORY. THE FBI INITIALLY
ESTIMATED THE VALUE OF THE 13
MISSING PIECES AT 500 MILLION
DOLLARS.
DOLLARS.
DOLLARS. >> BUT THE WORKS ARE NOW
PRICELESS BECAUSE THEY ARE
IMPOSSIBLE TO SELL. NOW YOU'RE
LOOKING AT ALL 13 MISSING
PIECES RIGHT HERE. THEIR
FRAMES, OF COURSE, NOW SIT
EMPTY IN THE MUSEUM. BOSTON.
25 NEWS REPORTER BOB WARD HAS
BEEN COVERING THIS CASE FOR
YEARS NOW. HE JOINS US LIVE
FROM OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM.
>> AND BOB, THE MUSEUM IS
HOPEFUL MIGHT COME FORWARD.
NOW WITH NEW INFORMATION.
>> VANESSA, THERE'S A LOT OF
OPTIMISM IN THE AIR TONIGHT
ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION OVER
THE DECADES. THERE HAVE BEEN
BEEN MANY HIGHS AND LOWS AND
EVEN HEARTACHE. BUT THE DEATH
OF ROBERT GENTILE COULD PROVE
TO BE A TURNING POINT.
>> WE'RE NOT DETERRED OR
DOWNTRODDEN. WHAT DELAYED
BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF ROBERT
GENTILE, OR THE DIRECTOR OF
SECURITY FOR THE ISABELLA
STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM HAS LONG
HAD CONNECTICUT MOBSTER ROBERT
GENTILE ON HIS MIND.
>> INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE
GENTILE WAS LIKELY INVOLVED
WITH MOVING THE STOLEN GARDNER
MUSEUM. ART WORK FROM BOSTON
TO POSSIBLY PHILADELPHIA FOR
SALE. BUT NOW ROBERT GENTILE
IS DEAD. I THINK HE TOOK
INFORMATION TO HIS GRAVE.
CERTAINLY. I JUST DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT WAS AND WE'LL NEVER
KNOW. NOW THE FEDS BELIEVE
ROBERT GENTILE CAME INTO THE
PICTURE YEARS AFTER THE GARDNER
THEFT IN AN EFFORT TO MOVE THE
STOLEN PAINTINGS. WHEN THE FEDS
HIT GENTILES, CONNECTICUT
HOUSE, THEY DID NOT FIND THE
PAINTINGS, BUT THEY DID FIND
OTHER EVIDENCE, INCLUDING A
HANDWRITTEN LIST OF THE STOLEN
PAINTINGS WITH THEIR ESTIMATED
STREET VALUES. GENTILE LATER
FAIL. THE GOVERNMENT POLYGRAPH.
YOU CAN'T BANK EVERYTHING ON A
POLYGRAPH. OF COURSE. BUT WHEN
YOU ADD IT TO THE TOTALITY OF
WHAT WE KNOW, IT'S AN
INTERESTING FACT. RYAN WITH
WIGAN IS GENTILES HE BELIEVED
THE FED WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY
TO HURT
TO HURT
TO HURT HIS CLIENT. BUT MIKE WIGAN HAS
HIS OWN QUESTIONS ABOUT
GENTILES. ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT.
IS THERE ANY INFORMATION THAT
HE SHARED WITH YOU THAT MIGHT
SHED SOME LIGHT ON WHO HAD THE
PAINTINGS WHERE THEY WENT AND
WHO MIGHT HAVE THEM. WE'VE HAD
MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THINGS
OVER THE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF
CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.
SO I HAVE DRAWN SOME
CONCLUSIONS ABOUT WHAT MAY HAVE
HAPPENED KNOWN FOR THE LEAGUE.
>> WITH THE PAINTINGS AND WHERE
THEY WENT. BUT AT THIS POINT, I
I'M NOT REALLY SURE THAT IS
THAT INFORMATION. THE
GOVERNMENT HAS NO.
>> GENTILE LEFT BEHIND A WILL.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN THAT WILL
THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT MIGHT
SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE STOLEN
PAINTINGS AT THIS POINT?
I CANNOT COMMENT ON THAT BY
LAW FROM DRAFT OF THE BOARD.
AND SO I WILL RESPECT THE
BENEFICIARIES OF THE WORLD.
I CAN'T COMMENT. IS IT POSSIBLE
THERE SOMETHING THERE? AND YOU
NEED TO LOOK AT IT? IT'S
POSSIBLE. I GOT SOME TIME.
IT COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF
THE LAST CHAPTER.
>> INTRIGUING, ISN'T IT?
NOW THE FBI ISSUED A STATEMENT
TODAY SAYING THIS CASE IS STILL
OPEN AND ACTIVE AND REMINDING
PEOPLE THAT THE REWARD IS BEING
OFFERED FOR THE RETURN OF THE
STOLEN ARTWORK IS 10 MILLION
DOLLARS. THAT'S A KNOCK.
>> BOB JUNTA'S LAWYER, HERE'S A
LITTLE GUARDED THERE WITH HIS
ANSWERS TO BE REALLY SAY THAT
HIS CLIENT MAY HAVE LEFT BEHIND
SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE
STOLEN ART.
STOLEN ART. >> YEAH, HE TOLD ME SAID THAT
HE REMEMBERED THAT THERE COULD
BE SOMETHING IN THAT WILL ONLY
WANTED TO GO. TAKE A LOOK AT
IT. WHEN I BROUGHT IT UP, I
SAID, ARE YOU SERIOUS ABOUT
THIS? AND HE SAID, YES, I AM.
I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK. I NEED
TO TAKE A LOOK. WE'LL HAVE TO
WAIT AND SEE. IT'S A VERY
CRYPTIC THING TO SAY, BUT I
GAVE HIM A COUPLE OF
OPPORTUNITIES THERE. AND EACH
TIME HE SAID THAT IT IS
POSSIBLE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING
IN THAT WILL THAT TALKS ABOUT
THE STOLEN ARTWORK. IT'S
INTRIGUING AND I WAS HANGING ON
EVERY WORD THAT HE HAD TO SAY.
THERE'S GREAT JOB. BOB, WHAT IS
THE MUSEUM? THINK ABOUT ALL
THIS?
THIS?
THIS? >>
THIS? >> WELL, ANTHONY AMORE SAID
THAT IT'S NATURAL AND MANY
OTHER CASES OF STOLEN ARTWORK
THAT YEARS LATER, GENERATION
LATER THAT.
LATER THAT. WHEN SOMEONE DIES THAT PEOPLE
ARE LESS AFRAID TO COME
FORWARD, ALLEGIANCES ARE GONE
AND THEY STEP FORWARD AND THEY
SAY WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE
ART AND THAT LEADS TO RECOVERY.
SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE HOPING.
WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN HERE. AND NOW
THE GENTILE IS GONE. ANYTHING
IS POSSIBLE.
IS POSSIBLE. >> THIS