He also could have knocked on any nearby door or hung up the phone and called his dad or the cops.
Well, he might have had a little trouble getting someone to open the door to him. According to at least one of the police reports provided by the city a “black man” knocked at a woman’s door and when she didn’t he came back with another “black man” and knocked again and when she didn’t answer they went around to the patio, broke the glass door. At this point the woman ran up stairs and locked herself in her bedroom and called the police. By the time they arrived the house had been ransacked and many valuable items stolen. She was totally frighted because after she locked herself in the bedroom she could hear them ransacking the place and they even tried to get into her bedroom but desisted. How’s that getting scared to death.
That’s what I remember but may have some details wrong. If you wish I can look it up again and provide you links.
Link:
http://www.sanfordfl.gov/investigation/docs/BurglaryReports.pdf
scroll down to report re victim named Bertalan,Oliva dated 8/3/2011. Address is 1840 Retreat View Circle. The Bertalan report has a good number of pages but the Narrative Section summarizes action.