After staying in an evidence cabinet for more than four centuries, the gold ring belonging to Sean Irene Ritterson, a murder victim in Bucks County, was returned to her family.

On June 11, 1977, Ritterson was 20 years old when her mutilated body was found on the side of Chapel Hill in Buckingham Town. Her case is still unresolved.

Ritterson’s sister Grace Ritterson Gordon was awarded the ring by District Attorney Matt Weintraub on Friday. Gordon has been thinking about this jewelry because Ritterson will turn 65 on July 11, so she called Weintraub’s office to see if it is still there.

“Love” is written on the ring, and there is a diamond in the middle of the letter “O”. When she was told that a detective had found the jewelry in the evidence cabinet, Gordon said she was “ecstatic.”

Source / Bucks County District Attorney’s Office

On Friday, July 23, 2021, Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub presented Grace Ritson Gordon (left) with a gift that belongs to her sister Sean Irene Ritson’s ring.

“I told my mom, she was very, very excited,” Gordon said in the comments Provided by the District Attorney’s Office“She doesn’t wear jewelry, but of course she wants to see it. I want to clean it up, and I want to wear it on a necklace to make her closer to my heart.”

Ritterson’s case was put on hold for 35 years, but was retrial about ten years ago. Then, the main suspect-said to be her uncle Harry Ritson- Died of prostate cancer in 2013, and DNA detection There is no conclusion. The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office stated that all clues, forensic techniques, and investigative methods were “exhausted.”

Source / Bucks County District Attorney’s Office

When the dismembered body of Shaun Eileen Ritterson was found on the Chapel Hill side of Buckingham Town on June 11, 1977, she was only 20 years old. Her murder is still unsolved.

“I can’t imagine the pain my mother and my father endured,” said Gordon, who has two other siblings. “I have witnessed their pain with my own eyes. Now that I have three children, I can’t imagine what will happen to my children.”

Weintraub said it was “the right thing to do” to return the ring to Ritterson’s family.

“For me, this means that no victims are forgotten,” he added. “Our humanity is much more important (than) keeping a piece of evidence in an ancient case for the sake of future generations.”

According to reports, when Gordon met Weintraub privately to receive the ring, she reportedly asked the district attorney if she could go with her to Chapel Hill to see where Ritterson was.

“We will accompany them there,” Weintraub said, “if this helps them in some way.”

Anyone with information about the Ritterson case can contact the District Attorney’s Office at www.bucksda.org or 215-348-6354.