Posted on 02/11/2012 9:58:23 PM PST by FailDaily.TK
Ann Murray, a South Bend, IN mother, came home Monday night around 11:30 and found a strange man in her apartment on North Lance Court. She thought she was being robbed, but instead the man, "had cooked some chicken and onions in a pot, folded my clothes and swept my floor," Murray says.
That’s right – the burglar was making dinner, had neatly organized Murray's laundry and cleaned her floors.
When asked if he did a good job, Murray laughed and said, "Yes, he drank up my orange juice, but it's cool, because he swept my floors and folded my clothes."
While Murray has a sense of humor about what happened, the strange break-in has left her and her son somewhat scared and nervous. They did not sleep in their apartment for two days and are thinking about moving to a different complex.
Police say 45-year-old Keith Davis got into Murray's apartment through an unlocked front window. When police arrived at the house, Davis was calmly sitting in a chair in Murray's living room, but wasn't making a lot of sense. He told police he lived there, but gave them a different address. He did admit to cooking food and cleaning the apartment.
“Officers spoke with Mr. Davis after advising him of his rights and him waiving the same,” according to the probable cause affidavit. “Officers also noted that the front window screen had been torn. Keith Davis advised officers that he had arrived at the home in the afternoon. He then told officers that he had woke up there in the morning. He stated that he had gotten keys to the home out of a closet and that a Korean woman had told him where they were. He further stated that he had cooked food in the home and had cleaned it up. He then told officers that he lived there, but stated a different address. He then began to talk about his time in the service and other tangential comments. When officers asked about the torn screen, he stated that he was going to pry open the window with a nail file in his pocket. He then recanted that statement. Officers had a difficult time understanding his speech and obscure tangents.”
Murray says she and the police believe Davis was on some type of drug.
"He seemed like he really thought this was his home."
Murray says Davis even put a sheet and pillow on her couch.
"He didn't take anything. Well, I guess he took a nap while the food was cooking."
And as for that food, Murray says she wasn't taking any chances.
"I didn't know what he put in there, what he mixed in there, mixed something that got him thinking this was his house. We just threw it in the trash can!" Murray laughed.
Murray believes Davis lives in the same apartment complex as she does, but several streets over. He is in the St. Joseph County Jail charged with breaking and entering. Prosecutors requested a $5,000 bond because Murray was concerned Davis might return, but the judge lowered it to $1,000. The prosecutor is requesting Davis undergo a psychological evaluation.
Lmfao!
That is interesting. A germophobe OCD burglar.
If Davis does windows , send him my way!
Poor fellow. He’s probably mentally disturbed full time, not just drugs.
I walked in from a hard days work and found him in the middle of cleaning my apartment for me. It looked great.
I asked him why and he said he owed me amends for some previous poor behavior. I thanked him propped up my feet and read my magazine while he finished cleaning. When he was done, I gave him a hug and wished him well. It actually was a nice experience for us both. He made the amends. I took them and we parted supportive friends. (We were friends anyway, but it renewed my faith in humanity.
“Obscure tangents”? Hmmm. I’ve never heard that one before.
Apparently tangents come in “obvious” and “obscure”. Who knew?
what a relief!
Before reading the article, I thought it was Monk who broke in! He did that once.
LOL! Ditto to that! And I have plenty of OJ, no problem!
Tangents might actually be tangential, i.e., just touching on the topic, as opposed to completely off-the-wall, which reminds me, did you know that the tangent to a circle is perpendicular to the radius at that point, and if you find the perpendicular to a secant, and another one, you can find the center of a circle, which is the locus of points equidistant from a specified point, the center, though other things besides circles have centers, like Lincoln Center, or the Center for Progress, though not everyone agrees on what it is that constitutes progress and besides, oh, and I forget, what are we talking about?
The word ‘Tangent’ reminds me of Geometry and Trig.
Yeah,I’m a math geek.
Wow,and I thought I’d be the only one who mentioned math!
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