I'm sure it's little consolation, but your story prompted my to take pics of all my guns and serial numbers and stick them on a thumb drive for insurance purposes.
Sorry to hear that it happened. Did you have a security system at the time ? I have wondered from time to time if I'm wasting money paying those people every month to monitor mine.
...I had pics of serial numbers but they are on one of the stolen computers...
. . .Safe type really doesn't matter in this case since they got the key out of my other small personal safe. ...
this statement when made to a seasoned detective is enough by its self to figure out a list of suspects quickly. They made it out with a lot of items, which means they had time. It took time to get in your small safe to get the key for the larger one, they didn't have to trash the house either to find these items? They knew you well and knew what you had and where you kept it, I wouldn't doubt they knew your schedule so they would have time for this. Hate to say it OP but in my opinion someone close to you has burned you badly. Don't feel bad, I know who broke into my home years ago, he knows I can't prove but disappeared shortly afterwards.....seen him once since then, I said hi and he took off haulin ass, he moved out of town asap, keep an eye out for the ones close to you acting suspiciously. Best of luck.Thanks again.
No dogs. We did have 2 Akitas for nearly 14 years. Had to put them down 1 & 2 years ago. May be time to get another one. They didn't trash the house. Got the goods and left through the front door. Even locked it on the way out.
Thanks to to the mods for listing the guns is stolen. Will update with serial numbers ASAP..
this statement when made to a seasoned detective is enough by its self to figure out a list of suspects quickly. They made it out with a lot of items, which means they had time. It took time to get in your small safe to get the key for the larger one, they didn't have to trash the house either to find these items? They knew you well and knew what you had and where you kept it, I wouldn't doubt they knew your schedule so they would have time for this. Hate to say it OP but in my opinion someone close to you has burned you badly. Don't feel bad, I know who broke into my home years ago, he knows I can't prove but disappeared shortly afterwards.....seen him once since then, I said hi and he took off haulin ass, he moved out of town asap, keep an eye out for the ones close to you acting suspiciously. Best of luck.
yea, I agree, someone definitely had an intimate working knowledge of your home and habits....assuming the op didn't leave the safes out for just anyone to see.....i wouldn't care to bet they even knew the key to larger one was in the smaller one....other wise why not just grab the smaller one and attempt a break in on the bigger one.....something tells me they knew the key was in there.....of course I could be wrong and at this point its just me playing "keyboard" detective at the moment lol.This was my 1st thought. Someone knew enough to get the goods. Had the time to lock the door.
Do you have teenage kids. Just a question. Friends can case a place pretty quickly.
Cousins, brother, someone else close to you.
I had an issue long ago and it turned out to be my drunken brother and another friend of mine. Got a few things back and the satisfaction of handing out a serious beat down. Never got over it. Never will.
yea, I agree, someone definitely had an intimate working knowledge of your home and habits....assuming the op didn't leave the safes out for just anyone to see.....i wouldn't care to bet they even knew the key to larger one was in the smaller one....other wise why not just grab the smaller one and attempt a break in on the bigger one.....something tells me they knew the key was in there.....of course I could be wrong and at this point its just me playing "keyboard" detective at the moment lol.
this is a long shot, and its very rare but if it wasn't someone who knew you well the only other explanation for a clean get away such as this.....they broke in once before and didn't take anything, just looked around and cased the place and got a feel for it....a "dry" run.....its hardly ever the case but if someone was able to pull this off they would have had to do an extensive amount if homework.....No teenagers. We don't have people over except for very close, long term friends and immediate family. Still only a handful of people. I assume that they pried open the other small safe since it was in there and I had the key for it on me. I'm not saying it wasn't someone we know but it definitely isn't obvious of who it might be.
this is a long shot, and its very rare but if it wasn't someone who knew you well the only other explanation for a clean get away such as this.....they broke in once before and didn't take anything, just looked around and cased the place and got a feel for it....a "dry" run.....its hardly ever the case but if someone was able to pull this off they would have had to do an extensive amount if homework.....