Thief makes sign of the cross after stealing image from chapel on the coast of SP The image of Our Lady of Lourdes, which had been stolen from a chapel in Praia Grande, on the coast of São Paulo, was found in a forested area of ??the city. The material had been taken by a thief who made the sign of the cross during his escape (watch above). Monitoring cameras captured the crime, which occurred on July 3, at the church located in the Aviação neighborhood. The case gained repercussion due to the criminal's behavior. “It would be comical if it weren’t tragic,” said Rubens Prado Junior, coordinator of the Espírito Santo e Mãe de Deus chapel, which belongs to the Santo Antônio Parish. ? Click here to follow the new g1 Santos channel on WhatsApp. To g1, the Catholic representative said that the Civil Police began investigating the theft and, on Saturday (11), he received a call from the police station saying that the image had been recovered. Image stolen by a thief was recovered and returned to the chapel community in Praia Grande Reproduction and Personal Archive According to Rubens, the police team carried out investigations until arriving at a point in a forested area, close to an old landfill, where the image was found. “It was intact, completely intact with the cape and the rosary that was around her neck without any damage”, he celebrated. The chapel coordinator stated that the suspicion is that the material was abandoned due to the repercussion that the case had in the media. “The thief must have been afraid of being found and, as a result, he ended up hiding or dumping himself in the bush to avoid being caught,” said Rubens. According to him, the police must continue investigations to identify and detain the suspect. “But the important thing we’ve already achieved is recovering our image”, he celebrated. Suspect made the sign of the cross after robbing a church in Praia Grande Reproduction Sought by g1, the São Paulo Public Security Secretariat (SSP-SP) did not comment on the case. VIDEOS: g1 in 1 Minute Santos