Two weeks ago, Rachel Johnson, a violinist in the LOU Symphony, had her violin stolen from a musical instrument locker in Scruggs Hall. Her violin had had been locked up for 2 day there and when she returned to the locker, it was gone. The locker, which she shared with 5 other musicians, also violinists & violists, had all of the instruments accounted for, except for hers. Her violin, a family heirloom, was in exceptional condition and was anywhere from 80-100 years old. After informing UPD of her violins absence, they told her to file a police report and that they would keep an eye out for her instrument. There is one possible suspect in this case, Nkem, who briefly shared the music locker with the other violinists, but stopped using it soon after. Nkem is the only other violinist who shared the locker, and knew the combination. The violin came up missing the weekend of October 2-3, the days before the premiere LOU Symphony concert on Monday, the 4th. Along with the missing violin, Nkem, who’d been present at every rehearsal prior to the violin’s disappearance, was also missing. Rachel Johnson and Tenola Plaxico, another violinist in the LOU symphony and resident at Kincannon hall, went to Nkem’s dorm room to find that he wasn’t there either, and not surprisingly, he also wasn’t present at the October 4th, concert. Since the disappearance of the violin, Nkem has not been present to rehearsal and is officially out of the school. During his time with the LOU Symphony, Nkem had been borrowing a violin from the University, as he did not own his own personal violin. Rachel, who now also has to borrow a violin from the University of Mississippi music department, makes frequent checks to local pawnshops and the UPD office to see if anything turns up.