My mom died when I was 13. She gave me the necklace when I was 12. I am now 28. I have not once taken this necklace off. Today it was stolen by a sly, flirtatious girl in Nicaragua. I am on vacation, had two drinks, began talking with her, and at some point she managed to rip it off me without me knowing it.

In a stupor asking around, a local confirmed to me she is a frequent tourist manipulator, and sells her stolen goods at pawn shops around an hour outside of the town i'm in. I plan to rent a motor bike and check all pawn shops in an hour radius, but even so... Its likely hopeless.

I have been wearing this necklace 16 years. Its a keepsake of my mom who died far too young. I genuinely feel as depressed right now as I did the day she died. This necklace was everything to me. I have no idea how I can go on with this guilt, remorse, feeling of stupidity, etc. The rest of my life I will have to live with this. Every time I look at pictures of the last 16 years, I will see that necklace on me, as a part of me, and will remember how terribly I messed up.

Is it possible Reddit people can help me find it?