As a landlord in the country-fied south if I have any discomfort with a renter and I must enter their house, I will try to have a friend with me. As for confronting a thief, what, exactly was the point? You won’t get the money back. When I have problems, and it’s usually because they’ve gotten into drugs, I let the sheriff handle it. Confronting someone is pure idiocy.
I agree and suspect MS Fang was paying the landlord in more than rent and that is how she got access to his checkbook.