Who knows, she might fling the door open just to get the dog inside safely. But where'd he get the dog? Out of the yard? Now perp's trotting up to the well-lit front porch with the dog? So he can muscle in as the dog is handed off? So there could be barking, screaming, a scuffle right on the lit porch? Too much of a risk for him, jmo. While I think that house could be very problematic in terms of an intruder, I can't picture someone with sinister motives trotting up to the front door. He might do the carport door, but no matter how freaked out Sherrill might be by the dog being out there with a stranger, I think she'd be equally freaked out by some guy showing up at that carport door (even more so with the back door). Would probably wonder, you know, why are you arriving at these doors, why not the front door? And he knows that's a possibility and probably won't risk it.
No way I'm ruling out an intruder on this. No signs of forced entry doesn't translate into no forced entry for me. There's nothing in that house for LE to use to even try and ascertain (with anything resembling certainty) what happened there. Whoever did this is just beyond the pale scary because he knew exactly what to do to throw them. Something earth-shattering took place in that house and there's not a trace of anything. I don't believe anything major took place outside, it was all in that house, but that's jmo. Whoever did that... he's terrifying. I do think it's probably a solo actor, not necessarily, but there's a close bond if anyone else was involved. I was reading that these perps are on a contiuum, some are more preoccupied with committing the crime than getting away with it. This one-- there's no doubt where this one would fall on the continuum. Self-preservation was a top priority. Anything that would trigger significant risk for him will dissuade him, jmo. He knew that house had multiple entry points. He knows it's dark there. He knows the layout of the immediate area, incredibly little chance of witnesses if he's careful. He knows it's graduation night, chaos reigns and he might be clever enough to exploit it. He knows the dog's routine. He knows there are two attractive women in the house. If Suzie and Sherrill ordered pizza that day (which is what I read), he knows it's more likely than not there won't be any more visitors there later. And as long as we're mentioning him at the door holding Cinnamoon, what about him showing up announcing delivery at the door holding a pizza box-- probably with an actual pizza in it-- and saying someone had gifted them with delivery, no charge for graduation. So just open the door for your free pizza... Oh, but a tip...?? Have to get the purse, hold on a minute, with the door open, and Mr. Innocent Pizza Guy just hanging there, not really drawing a ton of attention??
Anything's possible I guess that's also possible, but I just don't think so. That globe broken on the porch, they had to sweep the glass, don't think the glass was just a coincidence. Think that was part of how perp got in, but don't think he muscled his way in. He may have, but I tend to doubt it. It's distressing, too much is possible in that case.
