Without wanting to get any hopes up at all ....

I hear from my contractor (who was over working on the loose step on #3 and various other spots) that sometime mid-afternoon a woman drove up in a car and asked if the house was where hrj lived. He said yes and told her my phone number and when I'd be getting home. Then he asked "if it was about what happened yesterday" and and she made some non-committal but affirmative response. It may simply be someone on the neighborhood e-mail list dropping by to offer sympathy. I'm trying not to get any hopes up. Trying very hard. Let's not jinx anything.