$10,000 Flute Left in Cab Nine Years Ago Is Finally Returned Heidi Slyker, a Boston area musician, said the disappearance had consequences beyond the mere loss of property. Heidi Slyker with the flute that was returned to her on April 19. She said the loss was “so personal and it affected me in so many ways.”Credit...WBZ TV April 22, 2021, 9:00 a.m. ET When Heidi Bean got into the cab in Boston that fateful night in 2012, she had just finished an eight-hour gig rotating between piano, guitar, bass and drums at the music club Howl at the Moon. It was 3:30 in the morning and she was already thinking of the day ahead, when her musical skills would really be tested.