Special Agent Jeff Killeen said the cash, which arrived Monday at the PNC Bank in West Newton in a manila envelope with no note, was stolen during a robbery at the bank five days earlier, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Wednesday.
"In the annals of bank robbery investigations, this is certainly unique," Killeen said.
Killeen said the envelope, which bore five Liberty Bell Forever stamps and a Pittsburgh postmark, contained stacks of $5, $10, $20 and $100 bills. The amount of the cash was not disclosed, but investigators said it was 80 percent of what was taken during the Dec. 9 robbery.
The special agent said investigators are examining the package for fingerprints and other clues.
The suspect in the Dec. 9 robbery was described as a thin, white man in his 30s. Investigators said he is believed to be a local man.
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