Why did Lily Burk get killed?

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Why: That business makes me nervous. Just when you think all that stranger danger is the stuff of urban legends, another young lady gets randomly murdered.

Answer: Mixture wrong place, wrong time, money, and probably a little bit of not being so careful. Police have collected surveillance footage of Burk (17, from my neighborhood) with her suspected murderer, Charles Samuel (50, a "transient" with a history of drugs and violence), in various places:

• One camera shows Samuel driving Burk's car with Burk in the passenger seat.
• Then they are at a downtown ATM.
• A final shot shows Samuel abandoning her car in a parking lot. Burk's body was found inside the car the next morning.

On the afternoon of her death, her parents received 2 strange calls during which Burk asked each of them how to withdraw cash from an ATM using her credit card. She told them she needed the money to buy shoes. Police tracked the calls to locations in Skid Row and Little Tokyo.

By the time her parents reported her missing hours later, Burk was likely already dead.

Source: LA Times

The More You Know: When I got home from work this evening, my front door was basically ajar. Like: I didn't even have to turn the knob to push the door open. My cat and computer were still here, and there was no one hiding in my shower.

It is still entirely possible that someone is standing inside my closet (I have not yet opened it, and may never again), but I have been ignoring him so long that he is probably very bored and sleepy. When he nods off and tips over, he will crash into the door and I will call the police. I also may sleep with a knife under my pillow, so don't try to come in and surprise me or anything.

On second thought, I will probably sleep on the couch (with a knife under my pillow).