ORANGE, California - A $25,000 diamond was found stuck in a shower drain at the prison housing the man accused of stealing it two years ago. Bret Allen Langford, 39, allegedly asked the owner of a jewellery store to show him a 2-carat colourless diamond in April 2005. Langford then grabbed the diamond and sped away, said sheriffÂ’s spokesman Jim Amormino.Langford was arrested shortly after but the police did not retrieve the diamond. Langford was charged with commercial burglary and, after several transfers, ended up at a jail in Orange, California, where he awaited trial.
This week, an investigator representing Langford told jail officials to search the jailhouse drains if they wanted to find the diamond. Officials discovered the rock wedged in a screen beneath one of the facilityÂ’s shower stalls.