Pretty wildly random. I got home from a trip to Finland about a week ago and had a voicemail from a detective at my local police department.
Apparently Indianapolis metro police recovered it during a routine traffic stop that turned into a drug arrest. The passenger had my gun in her purse. She admitted ownership to officers, but wouldn't say how she acquired it when they told her it was stolen. They let her go
They arrested the driver for weed but let her walk. And prosecutors did nothing either. Disgraceful. And this was back in April, FFS. Although IMPD knew the gun was stolen, they didn't check with or otherwise report its recovery to any outside agencies.
It's been a bunch of hoops for me to jump through so far, and it's not over. Was able to connect with the guy I bought the gun from over two years ago. He graciously met me at a notary and signed a bill of sale, per IMPD instructions since it was a private sale and I needed proof of purchase (apparently a backdated BOS from 2.5 years ago is fine...). Made a 40-minute drive down to the government building and paying to park on Friday, only to ride down an elevator with convicted sex offenders and then be told by the property room manager that IMPD gave me the wrong info about recovering the gun, the same wrong info they give out all the time. So I went back home empty handed. I will try, again, sometime this week. Fingers crossed.