"Edington was arrested without incident and was charged Tuesday with murder and burglary."
Why burglary?
Good question. Much more info is needed.
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Why burglary?
Most likely that his manner of entry into the house was considered an "unlawful breaking and entry with the intent to commit a crime therein." (common law definition) Other jurisdictions would call it breaking and entering , or home invasion. The definitions are all very similar, but the terminology changes between jurisdictions.
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"Why burglary?"
I wondered about that too, so I looked up a definition of burglary and the majority of them state that theft is involved. However, I did find a few like those below.
"Breaking and entering into another person's property with FELONIUS intent." www.dsayles.com/termsb.htm
"The unlawful entry into a building or other structure with the intent to commit a FELONY or a theft."
www.otterbein.edu/resources/security/crime_stats/UCRdefinitions.asp
"entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a FELONY or to steal valuable property"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
I guess since murder is a felony, they felt they could charge him with burglary too.
Because he broke a window to gain entry...
as people have replied, if you enter a place without permission and intend to commit any crime, you are burgarizing.