Valorie Lee was an Asian American woman who worked in human resources at a local manufacturing company. Divorced and in her late thirties, she lived alone with her cat Wilbur in a two-bedroom condo.
Today, being Sunday, she had the day off and was returning home from meeting friends for breakfast, followed by a trip to the grocery store.
Approaching her home, she pressed the button on her car’s visor, and the garage door slowly started opening. It had fully opened by the time Valorie got there and pulled in, and she immediately closed the door. She was always security-conscious but a story she’d recently read online about someone being attacked in his home had her taking no chances.
Before getting out of the vehicle, the garage door closed and the back hatch of her Toyota SUV was openin
