The only people speaking are the son and daughter and they are returning the piece.
If stolen, it was the father. Did he lie or not?
Cant say, but nothing should happen without him being able to present his side of the story and of course, a trial if they think he stole it rather than took it because it was abandoned. (Sounds like he is out of the picture, so maybe passed.)
Years later, those public items will be sold off or scrapped with little fanfare.
Many years latter; **What ever happened to xxxxx?
“Sorry, no record exist of it’s disposition.”