The theft was only discovered on 26 October last year, just a day before the maid, Michelle Maloom Abucay, was due to return home after her mother died. As her employer's were retrieving her passport form the house safe, they discovered personal items and cash totaling about $25,000 missing. Further checks from the employers revealed that other items, such as a Louis Vuitton sling bag, five branded wallets, a black Chanel handbag and a brown Coach bag, worth a total of $15,000, were also missing from the master bedroom wardrobe.