Mysterious woman who entered couple's Metro Detroit home identified
Cecilia Smith and her husband were left scratching their heads after they say a woman walked into their Garden City, Michigan, home on Wednesday and stayed inside for several minutes before driving away.
On Friday, one day after CBS News Detroit sat down with Smith, the couple contacted the newsroom and said the woman was identified as a hospice nurse who went to the wrong house.
"One of her patients called the police station and confirmed when they saw the story last night," the couple said. "There's a lot that doesn't make sense about the situation, but at least we know who it is and that she's not a threat to us."
At the time, Smith said that while she was at work on Wednesday, her husband called her saying someone was in their home.
"I just don't know who this is or what the motive for her being in there is," Smith told CBS News Detroit on Thursday.
The couple left for work that morning. Smith said she was last out of the house, and thought she had locked her door and set the alarm. Several hours later, their video surveillance caught a mysterious woman driving up and walking into the home.
The couple's security alarm triggered within seconds of the door being opened. Smith said the woman stayed in the home for roughly 10 minutes.
"The amount of time she was in there, and with that alarm going off. That alarm gets so loud that my neighbors hear it," Smith said.
The couple bought the home four years ago. As bizarre as the situation is, Smith didn't believe anything was stolen. Within minutes, her security company dispatched police. By the time they got there, the woman had left the home and driven away.
The couple told CBS News Detroit that Garden City police had planned to follow up in one week.
