KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) – A warning to fliers this holiday season: be careful what you pack in your checked luggage.
Kelsey Rohrer and her husband, Jake, visit family in Kansas City often, but a recent trip out of Kansas City International Airport (KCI) has them reconsidering their flying habits.
“I am reluctant to check anything anymore,” Rohrer said.
In October, the couple checked their bags with United Airlines. Inside the luggage, Rohrer claims was a pair of diamond earrings and her engagement ring valued at around $9,000.
“I don’t really like wearing them when I travel because I wash my hands a lot,” she said.
It’s a decision Rohrer now regrets. She said the jewelry was gone when she returned home to California.
“I didn’t believe it at first,’ Rohrer said. “I was like surely there had been a mistake.”
Kelsey said she and her husband went back and forth with the airline and KCI police. She said airport police …