I wonder if Tara returned home from the bbq, changed her clothes and left her house again.
Maybe she left her phone on the charger because the battery was depleted.
In other words, the crime was committed outside of her home.
But why would she leave her dog outside?
The dog bothers me.
Thinking about the dog, causes me to think that when she put her out, someone else came into the house and left the dog outside when they left.
She either left her house taking her purse and keys with her or, she returned home, placed her phone on the charger, changed clothes to go to bed when someone entered the home and then left with only her purse and keys.
The black truck could have been there either way; to follow the perp when bringing her car back to the house or because the perp drove to her house which would have kept the truck there longer.
Wait, didn't RD live in Tara's neighborhood in 2005? He could have entered the back door after she put the dog out and surprised her inside the house.
The glove was found in the front of the house. The perp risked being seen if he left out the front door. But if he returned her car, went inside to place her phone on the charger wearing a glove (if she brought it with her) and then dropped the glove on his rush away from the house - because he'd have to pass the dog if he went out the back way.
Apparently, whatever took place was while the direct neighbors were sleeping which is plausible imo.
The rumor, if true, of more than one perp would cause me to think the crime was committed away from the house versus in her bedroom.
