Drugs did more than what his supposed to do. the report he posted was 2 or 3 days back no one has informed or updated the situation since then, the players thought it was fixed. Even informing players on forums is not enough, now I really respect what Magecrune use to do, every 2 hours he warns the players' ing by yelling in chat.
I see that the staff member is fully responsible in this case, and they can contact every player that lost his item in this bug. one way of getting the items back is by contacting the player who killed him, staff members can track that from the logs ik it will take time but its more important to give the community there right and keep them satisfied. That being said do not punish any player who rages or flames atm who have lost his item during the bug.