Suni Lee’s stolen statue turns up in Minnesota closet more than a year after it vanished

Created by Lee’s granduncle as a tribute to Hmong women, the $33,000 sculpture is expected to return to its original home in St. Paul.

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Police investigating reports of gunfire at a Minnesota home found the stolen bronze bust of Olympic champion Suni Lee inside a bedroom closet more than a year after it disappeared from Phalen Regional Park in St. Paul. A mother and son who lived at the residence have since been charged with felony receiving stolen property, th…