Look up the ‘Cookie bandit’ in New Mexico a year or two ago. He had the same lifestyle,, breaking into cabins, stealing, living like a mountain man. People didn’t take him seriously,, just thought he was a nusiance. He was finally caught in the act, killed a deputy and was then killed by the other deputy.
It turned out that he was living this lifestyle because he was on the run from a few thrill killings in northern California. A first class low life.