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He didn't doubt that Patricia was worried about her friend, but they need to look around before they jump to any conclusions here.

So he asked Patricia if she could show them the unlocked door and they would begin their investigation.

Moments later, Vallelongo stepped into the home through that back entrance, followed by Strada and Patricia.

As he walked around the house, he saw that, like Patricia had said, you know, it was very neat and tidy.

There really was no sign of anything that had gone wrong inside the house.

No sign of a struggle or a fall of some kind.

It was just like the house was left exactly as is.

That sort of contradicted Patricia's theory that, you know, the only way Dorothy would have left the house was if she had been forced, suggesting some form of a struggle.

But at the same time, you know, what Patricia was saying about Dorothy is that she was kind of frail.

And so Vallelongo thought, you know, okay, maybe it's possible that she was forced and, you know, she didn't put up any kind of a fight.

And that's why we don't see any disturbance.

He didn't know, but it just seemed odd that nothing had been displaced if we're talking about some form of an abduction.

Also, as Vallelongo continued his walk around the house, he could see that items of value, like Dorothy's TV, were still there, so it didn't seem like this had been a robbery.

But, unlike the first officers who had done that initial welfare check with Patricia a few days earlier, Vallelongo did agree that something wasn't right here.

Because as he continued to walk around, he kept seeing signs that Dorothy had clearly not planned to leave her home or had left in a hurry.

For example, there was a half-empty glass of wine in the kitchen and the television in the bedroom was still on.

And so those are things that simply would not be if somebody was planning to leave for any extended period of time.

And also, based on what Patricia had told them, he could rule out a family emergency suddenly taking Dorothy out of town or any kind of last-minute trip because Patricia had called around and that stuff hadn't happened.

At a certain point, Balalungo stopped walking around the home and just asked Patricia, you know, how was Dorothy's mental state?

And Patricia clearly hesitated for a second before she admitted to Vallelongo that, you know, Dorothy was on a whole bunch of medication and sometimes it did make her mental state kind of foggy.