Lily Collins Retrieves Stolen $80,000 Engagement Ring Almost Three Years Later

Nearly three years after it disappeared from a spa locker during a May 2023 stay at the Edition Hotel in West Hollywood, Lily Collins announced that her original engagement ring has been returned. She posted an Instagram Story on March 6, 2026 showing the ring back on her hand and thanking the jeweler who helped recover it.

Collins wrote on her Instagram Story: “So grateful to @joethejewelerchicago for helping recover my original engagement ring after it was stolen almost three years ago. Having this home means SO much to us. I’m still speechless it’s back on my finger 🥹🤯🥰.” The post was reproduced in media screenshots and accompanied by images of Collins wearing the piece.

The theft occurred in May 2023 while Collins was using the spa at the Edition Hotel on Sunset Boulevard, sources report; Yahoo named the date as May 6, 2023. Collins locked belongings in a spa locker and discovered the engagement ring, her wedding band, and other items missing when she returned. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded to the burglary call, and People noted that other belongings taken in the incident were valued at over $10,000.

The recovered ring is described in multiple reports as a rose-cut diamond set on a thin gold band. People and EntertainmentNow identify the piece as a custom design by Irene Neuwirth, and Collins previously told Live with Kelly and Ryan that she “was very surprised by” the custom Irene Neuwirth-designed rock and that “it’s exactly what I would’ve wanted and he knew me so well, obviously.” InStyle described the ring as reportedly worth about $80,000.

Reporting differs on who facilitated the recovery. Collins’ own Instagram Story thanks the account @joethejewelerchicago for helping retrieve the original ring, while Yahoo identifies Hakimian Imports Chicago Jewelers as the firm that got the piece back. EntertainmentNow and E! News published photographs of Collins smiling inside a jewelry store as she tried on the ring, and EntertainmentNow observed that Collins had previously replaced the missing ring but that the return of the original carries special significance.

Collins and Charlie McDowell announced their engagement in September 2020 and were married on September 4, 2021 in Dunton, Colorado. The couple welcomed daughter Tove Jane McDowell via surrogate in January 2025. The original ring’s return intersects with that family timeline; Collins’ Instagram wording and images emphasize the personal value of recovering the very ring tied to their engagement and wedding.

Authorities and the media have not published details about the precise method of recovery, and no arrests or charges have been reported in the coverage. For now, the story closes with the ring restored to its owner and with Collins’ own words underscoring the moment: she is “still speechless” to have the original back on her finger.