His name was Philip Johnson. A former girlfriend of Johnson's said she was “quite sure” he had taken it.
It was not enough. Police did not believe there was enough evidence to get a search warrant. Johnson was never charged, and he later moved to California.
Totenberg did not dwell on it. He had suffered far greater losses; members of his family had been killed during the war. He used the insurance money to buy another violin, selling some of his lesser instruments to afford it.