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This happened about 15 or 20 years ago.

It was Halloween, and our kids, who were probably around 8 and 10 at the time,

were planning to go trick-or-treating that night with their friends and cousins.

My sister was going to be the adult with them, and my husband and I were just going to

stay home and give out the candy at our house. I had done my share of taking the kids trick-or-treating

for many, many years, and was looking forward to just staying home and handing out candy to the other

neighborhood kids. We live in a very nice neighborhood, on a cul-de-sac.

We know most of our neighbors, and while we do lock our doors at night, we had never

had any issues with crime in the area, so being the victim of a crime, especially in our

safe neighborhood, was the last thing on my mind.

I was the first to arrive home that day, having just arrived home from work.

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