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IDEA WHY SHE WAS TARGETED. >> THE LADDER WHERE I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS. DAVID: CAROL POINTS TO WEAR A BURGLAR TOOK A LADDER AND USED IT TO BREAK IN. >> THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY>> GUTTED. DAVID: THIS MESS IS WHAT THE BURGLAR LEFT BEHIND. WHAT HE TOOK INCLUDED A HANDGUN, A SOUND SYSTEM AND A TOILET SEAT. >> OFF THE TOILET. DAVID: THE CROOK TRIED TO LOWER THIS TV DOWN FROM THE P ORCH, BUT DROPPED IT AND BROKE IT AND LEFT IT IN THE BACKYARD. >> HE BACKED RIGHT IN. YOU CAN SEE HOW TORN UP THE FRONT LAWN IS. AND LOADED UP AND LEFT. DAVID: A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORS SPOTTED THIS BLUE MINI VAN. ONE CALLED POLICE HE CHASED THE MAN INTO THE WOODS AND FOUND HIM HIDING IN THIS TRASH BARREL. BEFORE WE CLIMBED INTO THE BARREL, THE MAN POURED HYDRAULIC FLUID ALL OVER HIS BODY. PERHAPS IN AN ATTEMPT TO HIDE HIS SCENT FOROM THE -- FROM THE CANINES. >> OR TRYING TO MAKE HIMSELF SLIPPERY. DAVID: HE HAD SCRATCHES OR A RASH ON HIS FACE. CAROL IS GLAD SHE MIGHT GET SOME OF HER STUFF BACK THAT MYSTIFIED. >> IT WAS VERY, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE CORRECT WORD IS, BUT INTENSE WHAT HE DID IN THERE. DAVID: AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATORS ARE WAITING FOR A JUDGE’S WARRANT TO CHECK INTO THAT MINI VAN AND SEE IF THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE BREAK-INS. HE’S LOCKED U

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