A 29-year-old woman faces theft and other charges after she allegedly stole a diamond engagement ring from a senior citizen who was dying from COVID-19.
Elizabeth Daniels is charged with theft from an at-risk person, identity theft, providing a false statement to a pawnbroker and criminal possession of a financial transaction device, according to a news release from the Denver District Attorney’s Office.
Denver District Attorney’s Office
Elizabeth Daniels, 29
Daniels provided care to 86-year-old Barbara Gust when she allegedly stole the ring and a credit card. Daniels pawned the ring several days before Gust’s death, and she used the credit card for personal purchases on the same day Gust died from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, the news release said.
Gust’s family realized the ring was missing as they were making arrangements at the funeral home, the news release said. They reported it to the Denver Police Department, and detectives secured the arrest affidavit for Daniels the same day.
