California

Correct me if I'm off base, but wouldn't publishing a detailed list of stolen items, immediately, with pictures (presumably, everything was photographed in the past) have alerted millions of people to be on the lookout, and may have prevented some sales, devalued others "oh, that's hot as hell", maybe causing thieves to just dump items in an empty lot, and had millions of detectives on the case instead of a few (with a tip line, not weapons)?

And maybe the museum should have invested in some air tags?

I'm not being mean. I visited the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum in Boston long before it was robbed in what I believe is still the biggest art theft in history (Nazis excluded)