[Cry Me A River]

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I'm done with this chick to, so shes not gunna be over here again to get another crack at scoping anything out. Since she obviously used me, I might decide to use her, string her along and eff her at her place a few times.


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Do not do this! If she's not working alone, this is just asking to be ambushed and rolled. If you have to hit it again, make it a hotel or some other neutral site (and make it spontaneous so she can't make any plans). You're bang on about never taking her to your place again she could easily be setting you up for a home invasion. If anything, you really should decide ahead of time on a course of action if she shows up at your door unexpectedly! (ie: You're on your way out, friends are coming over, etc...)

I think it's very, very likely she's not working alone. Presumably she wasn't doing burglaries two years ago or she would have tried to take you then. So something's changed since then and it'd be pretty unusual for someone to suddenly, spontaneously start start pulling crimes like this on their own. Far more likely someone got her into it, and likely that boyfriend she supposedly broke up with. So you really should keep in mind you have no idea about this guy and at best he's willing to pimp out his girlfriend to make a b&e job easier, at worst he gets off on having her sleep with some guy and then ripping him off. They may well decide they've put enough time into this that they should give your place a try anyway, or she may decide you have enough good stuff to give it a shot...

If she was intending to rip you off by herself she's going to have a lot harder time cleaning you out than if she's got help. Nope, the whole things smells of some semblance of planning and not a spur of the moment thing, she absolutely knew going in what she was going to do. In fact, she's probably IS going through her phone book and setting up old boyfriends, working her way down the list - How do you know her? Do you have mutual friends? If so, you should ask around and see if anyone else has been ripped off. I can guarantee you this wasn't her first time.

As someone mentioned, she was looking for a spare set of keys - It's not unusual for someone to keep a spare set of house keys in the garage, particularly if the door between the house and garage locks automatically so they're prone to locking themselves out. You should probably assume she's managed to get a hold of a set of keys, either in the garage or main part of the house and have your locks changed. Even if you don't remember having a spare set, you may have left one in a drawer somewhere. Better to be safe than sorry.

As far as leaving the mess, or wanting to go home early, neither is unusual. Under stress, people do best when they rely on habit. That's why the army runs drill after drill, that's hy atheletes practice, practice, practice. If she's an experienced burglar then she would go with her routine which is to not care about making a mess while searching for goodies (this is also more efficient, since if you run out of time or are disturbed you still get the maximum amount of searching done, wheras if you tidy as you go it only slows you down). She may have intended to straighten up after she was finished but might have been interrupted (ie: the dog, or she might have thought she heard you coming downstairs). At any rate, it wouldn't be a huge priority since if nothing's missing most people won't bother calling the cops and even if you do, she's unlikely to be a suspect (hiding in plain sight).

She wanted to go home early because she'd already gotten what she'd come for and probably couldn't sleep because of the rush, particularly if she had intended to straighten up to avoid detection. If there is a boyfriend in the background then she would also want to get back to him and tell him that she'd scored (and that he's way better than you...)

You should call the burglary division (nevermind patrol cops) of your local PD and set up a meeting with a detective. Unless they're completely incompetant they'll be very interested, just lay the whole thing out. They may well be looking at a string of burglaries...

Do you have anyone who can house sit while your out of town? Or at least drop by regularly? If not, then how about your neighbours, can you get someone to keep an eye out?