Rasmussen felt that this was a little strange, since Lazarus was dressed in flattering workout clothes, and after Lazarus left, his fiancée asked if their relationship was truly over.
Regardless, the police remained focused on the possibility of burglary, especially in light of one reported later in the same area, in which one of the two reported suspects had been carrying a gun, possibly a like the one that had fired the three bullets into Rasmussen that were later identified by experts as.
Approximately fifteen minutes later, Ruetten made the first of several unanswered calls home over the course of the day.