When house on Blueberry Lane was entered sometime between 12:30 p.m. on Friday, May 6 and about noon on Monday, May 9, the burglar or burglars ignored computers and jewelry and instead took away a sterling silver tea set, police said.
Darien police gave this account of the case:
The house, which belonged to a deceased person, had been the home of an elderly couple. The husband had died, and for some time the wife was cared for around the clock by home health aides until her death.
A caretaker and an executor of the estate visited the house on Monday to find that every room seemed to have been entered, with drawers pulled out and closets open. A safe was left open in one bedroom.
There were pry marks on a closet door close to the kitchen. A green file box that had contained documents was left outside the closet. It was unknown what documents might have been taken from it. The silver tea set had been in the dining room.
There were no signs of forced entry to the house. A sliding glass door leading outside was found unlocked (it was also found closed).
The outside locks had been changed two months before, and only a caretaker and an executor for the estate had the keys, police were told at one point. At another point, police were told one of the home health aides who was taking care of the last resident might have a key.