Thanks for the post on the "cut screen". I think more consideration needs to be put on this and the other evidence at the scene.
There was a chair under the cousin's home in that attempted breakin, but we never found out if there was a chair used in the break-in of the neighbor's home or for that matter if the breakin was reported at the time of the breakin or a year later. We hadn't heard about the chair at the Smart's home until after the break-in of the cousin's home, which indicates someone that knew about the chair at the Smart's home, someone that knew the family, the abductor, someone that knew the abductor, or an amazing coincidence.
Thanks for bringing this up......again. I agree that things like this deserve more consideration in our discussions of "evidence."
I vote for amazing coincidence, FR.