As others have said, it got tangled up in the sheets and went to Central Laundry. Unfortunately, they use industrial strength machines to clean, stretch, and fold the sheets and other laundry. If the Stitch was in the sheets, it's most likely destroyed at this point, those machines are not friendly to stuffed animals. I've toured the laundry facilities and have seen what the machines can do to things...There is always the outside chance it is found, but blaming a housekeeper and saying they stole it is ridiculous. Kind of bad karma on you. I hope it's found, but consider it a lesson learned.