According to Teresa's sister, TS always used the alarm and was "particular" about personal safety. I wonder what really happened with the alarm that weekend???
Reposting a reply of Duntulum (unverified family member) to one of my comments:
Originally Posted by
No it's not
What are the chances that a house, whose occupants are on vacation, is left without an armed alarm system? Anyone traveling 1200 miles to gain access to that particular house would either have to show how he would gain access if the alarm was on, or the individual had knowledge that the alarm was off.
Something like that ?
Yes, it would be good, if Duntulum could clarify
when the alarm was off.
-Nin
DUNTULUM:
'I don't know the specific time, but I believe it was on Sat afternoon/evening. (I suppose it could have been Sunday morning. After the alarm was first discussed I did not ask for a more specific time frame -- too sad to bring up. Certainly, before Teresa came home.) It was not
intentionally disarmed, though I imagine a sly prosecutor could spin that any way they would want. (Also, it was not disarmed remotely by anyone, shut down/disarmed by either of the men arrested, nor was it disarmed prior to their vacation. An aside, and as clarification -- stating that
neither men arrested disarmed the alarm does not mean that I have knowledge of
both men being at the house. It literally means that neither men actually shut off the alarm.) By the same token, the alarm being disarmed could be used as a defense if need be, since it really was unintentional.
I truly believe there was nothing nefarious about the alarm. Unfortunate and tragic, yes.'