I hope this warning will prevent someone from having your house entered while you are on vacation. My husband forgot to lock our back door before we left for mini-vacation Easter weekend. When we returned home, all of our medications had been stolen-my husbands coins, thousands of dollars of jewelry-all mine,money, food and left a terrible mess in his path. We feel so violated!!!!!!!!!!! SO, check and re-check your locks before you go away any time. I will never get any of my jewelry back and included was my mon's wedding ring set.

So very sorry.....

Sorry to hear about this. We were broken into years ago when we were home sleeping. Thankfully all they took was the lap top and a bunch of cd cases. It was a horrible feeling though and was very worrisome for me.

Sorry this happened to you. It seems it is happening a lot these days.

We have been broken into a couple of time and second they wrecked the house clothes on floor all stuff on shevles in floor whole house was mess dresser drawers out of dress and on floor had to wash sheets before could go to bed because they had touched all of them and as say was horrible feeling.

I am so sorry to hear that!!

I am sorry for your loss. Thank you for the warning to the rest of us.

So sorry; we live in the country and hardly ever lock our doors. THey are never locked on a daily basis; and rarely when we go on vacation. Have to re-think that!

We used to live like this too but within the last 10 years or so I've become more and more paranoid ... I've heard so many horror stories! So now we always lock our doors when we're away from the house.

So sorry that happened Karen ... hope you can get back to normal soon.

We have been broken into also and it is a terrible feeling, especially since my husband works nights and my son and I were home at the time. We didn't realize until the next morning.
Ironcially they stole our DVR (about $75) but not remote so it woouldn't work and they stole my purse, yet none of my ID or cards or cash were in it because they were in my coat pocket.

I am so sorry this happened to you. I know how you feel a few years ago we came home to a home that had been robbed. They took my medications, money and my pistol. When it came out in the news paper is said.

"Drugs, Money and Guns" ...... That made me feel almost as bad as being robbed. It made it sound like I was the felon.

So sorry you were violated in this way. xoxoxo

It may not have even been because the door was unlocked. They may have just broken in anyway so don't feel guilty about that. Sorry for what happened, I know how sick you must feel.

I'm so sorry this happened to you. I will keep you in my prayers as this is very traumatic and will take time to heal.

We were robbed 3 times in 3 months when we were first married... It was a neighbor (also the landlord's DIL) and she knew that the kitchen window didn't latch properly and could be jimmied open. I caught her red handed but didn't have since enough to call the police and have her arrested. We moved from there that week.

so sorry for this happening

While it won't make anything better, thankfully no one was hurt. I would also be very upset to lose my jewelery as it is mostly sentimental rather than valuable.

Hopefully they will catch the person that did this to you. Regretfully so many are resorting to stealing just to feed their families it seems hopeless.

You might check out an alarm service just so you will feel more secure also.

I am very sorry to here of your mishaps. Check the local pawn shops for the stolen items. What I have learned from Hurricane Katrina, is take a picture of your most valuables and include a brief description and and save them to a flash drive. Seems like a lot of work. But it is worth it. There is a pen you can buy and mark you stuff with a serial number in a hidden place to also help identify them. Had to do that with a lot of bicycles. That happen to my mother years ago. They even had the nerves to cook them something to eat and leave a mess.

wow i'm sorry to hear that ,but i always say what goes around come around

Oh, how terrible. Our home is our safe haven, and it must be so disconcerting to have it violated.

We live in a rural area, and are kinda lax about locking things...that is until I started watching "Criminal Minds" on TV. That show just creeps me out, so now I go around at bedtime doublechecking the locks!!

So sorry, what a horrible thing to happen.

I am so very sorry for all of you that this has happened to. So thankful some of you did not wake up while it was happening. So sorry all :( yet so thankful your all very safe now.

I am so sorry for you. Wonder how many of us can really relate to what's happend to you because it has also happened to many of us. It took me ages to be comfortable in my own home after we were broken into. I am so very sorry about your mother's ring - there are some things that can never be replaced, aren't there? Maybe, just maybe, in this case the stolen items will be recovered. Keep us posted if that happens.

It's such a feeling of violation when you get robbed. We had a second home in the mountains. Our neighbor called us and told us a basement window had been broken and that we better come investigate. The thieves didn't get anything of real value (didn't really have anything!), but they tried on my jeans, ate leftover pizza out of the fridge, had a couple of beers, then wrapped what they could carry in the shower curtain and dragged it out! The most valuable thing they got was an old dvd player that didn't record anymore, but ewwwww. I scrubbed that place from top to bottom and it still felt "dirty".

so sorry this happened to you. I have been robbed 3 times, it really galls you that the things they take have much more value to you sentimentally than they will get monetarily.
I always take my jewelry with me when I go away, even overnight. It lives in a pouch that stays in my suitcase. (I don't wear it much but it has sentimental value.)

We live in the country too, last time we got broken into here there was nothing valuable in the house so they took things like light bulbs, laundry soap, and toiletries. State police officer said "They went shopping in your house."

Sorry to hear about your mishap.We live in the country with 2 big dogs and always lock our doors no matter what. We also have a simple alarm system that my hubby installed from Radio Shack.You can never be too cautious........

So sorry this has happened to you.

My house has never been broken into, but I know the feeling of being violated. We discovered that our daughter had been stealing my debit card from my wallet and withdrawing money after we had gone to bed. Even tho it was a family member, that feeling was still there along with the betrayal. We live in the burbs, but I always lock my doors even when I'm home. When I'm upstairs sewing, I wouldn't hear someone come in. I'vecome downstairs a number of times just to find my DH sitting on the couch. He'd been home for an hour and I didn't know it!
I'm sorry that your stuff was stolen. I hope you can get it back.

i am sorry for your loss..but it would not of mattered if the door was locked or not..they would of got in anyways.

my daughters house was broken into on Dec. 22nd. while they were at her father-in-laws funeral. they stole Christmas (everything!) and thier peace of mind..
insurance only covered so much of the jewlery..they got all the cameras with the memory cards..cash,checks,CC's, took the tv off the wall even!
they now have an alarm system..and want to sell thier house and move. makes you sick..

i wish you well..i am sure your husband is feeling really bad..if your the only house that ws hit in your area..then it was someone who knew you were going to be away. the detectives think it was someone who knew they would be at the funeral . now that is a really sickening thought.


don't be in a hurry to close the claim. a month after it happened,they realized they got the kids piggy banks in thier rooms..with savings bonds in them..

Oh, honey.......I'm so sorry. How terrible. Definitely a warning to us all to double check, not just before leaving home but also before going to bed.

So sorry for your financial and emotional loss. I do understand. We lost a lot to a flood a few years ago.

But I have learned not to store important things on the floor, and that less and less things are important.

So sad. I know the feeling. My heart goes out to you.

A locked door won't stop a thief.

This happened to my son while my husband and I were visiting him for Christmas. It was just horrible to see what they did to his home. We were more concerned about our pets than anything else because we were afraid they either took them or hurt them, they did neither, but left doors open and glass broken along with everything inside completely torn apart. I have a security system in my home and feel so safe with it. We arm it even when we are just out for short periods of time, even though we live in a safe neighborhood and never hear of anyone breaking into homes, etc. I'm so sorry this happened to you.

So sorry about your lose and I know how you feel After my husband passed away my BIL was breaking in every time I left the house at first they kept saying I forgot to lock my back door I put new locks on and added a second dead bolt and a slide bolt,several times.This did not stop the bas---d One officer took a real good look and found marks on the jamb where a jack was used to widen the frame,which made it possible to enter and lock up on his way out. So now my locks have a 3inch bolt going into a pipe that sinks into the wall cavity

so sad, not only do they steal your belongings but also your sense of security.

Happened to dau and family in March. House was locked, she had gone to run an errand. Neighbor across the street thought he had never seem them before, they were caught, car impounded and they are in jail. stuff never recovered, prints found with blood on them, as they roke a window on door to get in. They had been in trouble b/4. Now they had a security system. sorry about your loss also.

I'm sooo sorry. There is no feeling quite like it. We were broken into 5 times prior to moving from the city. And we lived in a "good" area! We even had an alarm system, even bought an extra car to sit in the driveway when we were gone so it would appear that someone was home. Rotten B*^87Ds!

It seems that there is more and more of this and the crooks are getting more brazen.

So sorry this happened.

We were broken into around 3 years ago. It is a horrible feeling. They took my wedding rings, which belonged to my MIL. I was more upset about those than anything else. They tried to steal my hubbys truck too, but instead destroyed the steering colum and the insurance company totaled the truck. There were other little things they took but I think they did not get all they wanted because my husband came home while they were there.

They had super glued the locks on the doors and unplugged the garage door. We had the house locked, they were able to use a crow bar and move the solid part of the sliding glass door to break in.

We have since had an alarm system installed and we do not leave the doggie door open anymore either. Its a very sick feeling to think you cannot even have a home, and feel safe to leave it.

I'm so sorry this happened to you. I know exactly how you feel. We had almost completed my house and had been staining and sealing the upstairs floors. I had just moved my boxes and furniture out of storage and they were in two downstairs room. We went to town to eat lunch while waiting to put second coat on floor. Came back, someone had busted in the window to the side door. Stole my flatscreen tv's, DGS video games, and other assorted items. they broke into the trailer where my son was keeping all his tools he used to built my house, thousands of dollars in saws and nail guns, and left an axe imbedded in the side of the trailer. But what was worse to me was they had ripped open all my packing boxes and just dumped stuff everywhere in a mess all through the house. All my fabric and quilting stuff was in piles everywhere, pins all over, etc.They threw my area rugs over the porch railing into the mud (it had been raining). I just cried. We are rural and only house around so no one to see anything. Now I have security system with video cameras all around the house, a shotgun, and several big dogs, including one German Shepherd.