It may just be a coincidence and I'm sure the town has other burglaries. It is an interesting time of day for a burglary--just before 7 PM is definitely still very light out. This also seems like the time of day Mollie regularly goes running and that could easily be on one of her running routes.
Just throwing out ideas: Did the burglar(s) see her running by while burglary was in progress and either just get interested in her or think she saw something? Another idea: Were they planning to hit up other houses in the area and MT's became a target the night of the 18? Just thinking, did she make it back from her run but intercept them near/in the driveway of her house? Were they watching the house to burglarize it later and saw her come out to walk to mom's house? JMO and could be no relation at all, but it is interesting.
Just throwing out ideas: Did the burglar(s) see her running by while burglary was in progress and either just get interested in her or think she saw something? Another idea: Were they planning to hit up other houses in the area and MT's became a target the night of the 18? Just thinking, did she make it back from her run but intercept them near/in the driveway of her house? Were they watching the house to burglarize it later and saw her come out to walk to mom's house? JMO and could be no relation at all, but it is interesting.