Jerry Hal Saliterman was allegedly involved in the theft of one of Judy Garland's ruby slippers from a museum in 2005. Prosecutors say he died Sunday.

Salitermann was accused of hiding the pair of ruby red slippers that were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Garland's hometown, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in 2005. The slippers' location remained a mystery for 13 years before the FBI received a tip.

Federal charges against a Minnesota man, accused of hiding a stolen pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, were dropped Monday after the man died.