Kansas City, MO – The statue has been recovered, and arrest made in connection with its theft, according to Kansas City police.
The Clay County prosecutor's office has charged Charles Fuentes, 57, with receiving stolen property, a Class D felony, in connection to the theft of the statue. He's being held on a $25,000 bond.
In a release Friday afternoon, the KCPD says a large portion of the statue was recovered, however it had already been cut into pieces.
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A large and rather heavy statue of a Native American woman was stolen from a Kansas City Northland park earlier this week.
The statue of an Osage woman, weighing 400-pounds and standing seven-feet tall was somehow taken from the François Chouteau & Native American Heritage Fountain off Northeast Chouteau Trafficway, north of Northeast Parvin Road, at some point between Monday and Wednesday of this week.
The monument depicts a scene of tribes trading trading furs with Chouteau in the mid-1800s, highlighting the beginnings of what would become Kansas City, Missouri.
François is still there, along with a Kanza man, but the Osage woman is gone.
The statue of the Osage woman, along with the other statues, were created by Kwan Wu, a renowned sculptor who lives in Kansas City.