A stolen statue of baseball Hall of Famer and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson was found “dismantled and burned,” police said on Tuesday.
A stolen statue of the legendary Hall of Famer and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson was found destroyed on Tuesday morning.
The statue was snatched from McAdams Park in Wichita, Kansas last week.
The Wichita Fire Department was called to a trash can fire at Garvey Park around 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning where they discovered remnants of the stolen statue.
“This was a heartbreaking discovery this morning,” Wichita City Council Member Brandon Johnson said during a press conference, via Fox 4 Kansas City. “I hate to see that the statue was not in one piece, but I do want everyone to know that we are undeterred in making sure that that statue gets rebuilt and put back there for our community, for League 42, for the young people.
