Replies to '10/05 Attack in the Night'

I was wondering whether or not to post my thoughts on this incident, since everyone seemed to be willing to overlook what I thought were some pretty significant discrepancies.  After reading a little more and seeing there were some others who also had doubts, I decided to take a chance.

First of all, I agree - there are definitely some things about this story that don't add up:

- the intruder knew his way around the house (this was stated by the husband).

-if my children were in the house under these circumstances, regardless of the danger to myself,  I would fight through hell and back to make sure they were safe.  I would not shut myself in the bedroom while some lunatic was loose in my house and leave my children at his mercy.

-it's interesting also that the intruder broke into a neighbors house to steel the weapon he wanted to use.    It pretty much seems like this individual knows the neighborhood - he might even live there himself.

-the husband sustained the most serious injuries and, (amazingly)), when he went out the window to get help, the intruder decided to leave.

-when the husband left to get help, instead of running to check on their children, the wife is yelling out the window?  Her daughter was awakened by her screams.  I don't know, but if it were me, again, my first priority would be to get to my children.

It's interesting that the private investigator was leaning toward a gang initiation or just a random incident and neither one makes sense, especially if you go back to what the husband stated about the intruder seeming to know his way around the house.  If the attack were random, that would certainly not be the case.  If it were a gang initiation, for someone to have known where to go and get the tool and then get around inside the house without any problem, would have taken some serious planning.  Do they go to that much trouble for gang initiations?  I really don't know,  I'm just asking.

There is definitely more to this than meets the eye.