What a trip! Left Vancouver at 7am, picked up Dorothy and headed to Salmon Arm. After a full review of the house we made a list of missing items: flat screen TV, 2 cameras, cell phone, jewelery, jewelery boxes, foreign cash, backpacks and laundry basket. (laundry basket?...to carry the loot?)
Tried to contact the RCMP to get a file/case number but it was Sunday and there was either reduced or no personnel on hand to answer my query. We decided to place the perp's ladder (not ours...probably stolen from another residence)in the basement to ensure that he couldn't use it for a return visit. Dorothy secured the front sliding glass door. Apparently it is quite easy to jiggle open(who knew?). Still not sure whether he entered through the kitchen window(a physical size challenge and no sign of ladder imprints in the garden below) or through the front sliding glass door. Fortunately there was no sign of damage to the house or contents.
Our neighbour was quite sure that the B&E took place sometime between our departure on Sunday July 14th and her visit to the house on the morning of Tuesday July 16th.
As the afternoon wore on and our assessment was complete the heat escalated to about 35 degrees in the house, hotter outside. By 4pm I decided that we didn't need to sweat our way through the night in Salmon Arm. At 5pm we climbed into the Honda and headed back to Vancouver. In the trunk we carried any remaining "valuables" that had not been taken...just in case he planned to return!
Tried to contact the RCMP to get a file/case number but it was Sunday and there was either reduced or no personnel on hand to answer my query. We decided to place the perp's ladder (not ours...probably stolen from another residence)in the basement to ensure that he couldn't use it for a return visit. Dorothy secured the front sliding glass door. Apparently it is quite easy to jiggle open(who knew?). Still not sure whether he entered through the kitchen window(a physical size challenge and no sign of ladder imprints in the garden below) or through the front sliding glass door. Fortunately there was no sign of damage to the house or contents.
Our neighbour was quite sure that the B&E took place sometime between our departure on Sunday July 14th and her visit to the house on the morning of Tuesday July 16th.
As the afternoon wore on and our assessment was complete the heat escalated to about 35 degrees in the house, hotter outside. By 4pm I decided that we didn't need to sweat our way through the night in Salmon Arm. At 5pm we climbed into the Honda and headed back to Vancouver. In the trunk we carried any remaining "valuables" that had not been taken...just in case he planned to return!
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