Yep, we had one for awhile when I was growing up. I guess around 1967 or so my parents went to Mexico and came back with 2 sisters. One took care of our home and the sister took care of a friends home. It wasn't long before my mother's jewelry started disappearing. I don't know what happened to her.
Yep, things were always disappearing from our home, too, while we had the maid from Central America. An ivory statuette (about 9 inches tall) of Archangel Michael slaying Lucifer that was constantly on display in the living room when I was a kid (purchased in Italy in the 1960s) just up and disappeared. My mom's inherited gold pocket watch that was on display on the fireplace mantle up and disappeared. My dad lost a couple of expensive watches from his drawers. All while she was our maid. Most likely she stole them, but my mother loved her performance as a maid, so kept her on for decades.
