The Intruder, Part One

The intruder

The great thing about having an intruder in your apartment is that he leaves evidence behind.  Now the evidence might be difficult to find sometimes, but if you look really closely like a Sherlock or a Columbo or a Drebin, you should be able to find the clues you need to conclude that your apartment has had an unwanted visitor.

In the above picture we see some of the evidence.  This is in a really nice upper east side townhouse.  It is in the laundry room.  You should be able to see some droppings, about forty of them.  You should also notice some urine mixed in, several patches.

Looking around the laundry room you see more droppings and more urine stains, and you notice that the droppings and urine stains are getting very close to the next room, which happens to be the television room or "den."

As you examine these droppings, you notice that they are about the size of a tic tac breath mint, maybe even a little bigger.  They are dark, and they shine or glisten, so that tells you that they are fresh.
You just did laundry last Tuesday, so all of this "activity" must be recent.  But where did it come from?

Continued tomorrow...