creepingskills
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Exactly! People w/ interesting lives are unfortunate victims of home invasions every day – the two are not mutually exclusive. A targeted home (not person) is my strongest theory in this case, either w/ the motive to burglarize in the misbelief this family was away; or, a peeping tom with a fixation on someone in the house , who TS stumbled upon. The perp got away on foot and no way took a chance at parking a car ‘down the street’ or across a more traveled Terry Rd/dog park (even in the wee hrs.) … I don’t think they had far to go.
I know its been pointed out here that because the home is larger for this neighborhood, it might be more attractive to would be robbers. IMO, this is the least likely scenario because any robber would be careful not to break into a house with an alarm system or dogs on the property. Also, if Dr. Sievers arrived home after the airport I'm sure she would put on a light, and what appeared to be motion detector lights were on the garage.
The other curious thing here is the garage PED door. Why would a burglar choose this door as an entry point? Perhaps because this area was shielded by the fence, thus less likely to have an eyewitness watching the burglar break into the home but did the perp just assume that the door to the home (between the garage and kitchen) would be unlocked? I mean, why would you want to break through multiple doors when there are windows in the same area that would provide direct access to the house, presumably faster and more quietly.
Also, if the perp did not stash a vehicle nearby did he get a ride? Dropped off at the crime scene? Does he live nearby? The victim's street had a "neighborhood watch" sign, and I would think any burglar would be worried he/she would be easily identified or seem suspicious. Would be very interesting to know whether the perp changed clothes, and perhaps that led LE to the dog park. Maybe someone tried to bury/burn/destroy evidence before getting into the getaway vehicle.
Lastly, is it possible that Dr. Sievers left the van in the driveway and the perp was able to get inside and hit the garage door opener?