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Elan
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In The Midst
Of Grief
Metro Detroit's Jewish
Assisted Living Community
Shivah houses are targets of thefts.
HARRY KIRS BAUM
Staff Writer
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uring a time of
greatest grief, a fam-
ily expects the sup-
port of family and
friends, not a thief.
But late last year, shivah
(mourning) houses became the
target of a burglar. A woman
posing as a delivery person or a
neighbor entered the shivah
houses while the family was
attending the funeral, then
stole items from purses and
bedrooms.
One West Bloomfield victim
said a woman entered her
house as three friends prepared
for her family's return after the
funeral. The woman claimed to
be a delivery person waiting for
her driver to arrive. She then
asked to use the bathroom.
While the friends continued to
set up for the family, she
slipped away and headed for
the bedrooms.
When the victim returned
from the funeral and went to
her bedroom, she found the
woman standing in the hallway.
Dressed in warm-ups and
muddy shoes, she was talking
on a cell phone.
"She said she was looking for
better cell phone reception in
the home, then said her driver
is close and should be here in a
few minutes. Then she left,"
the victim said.
When $450 in cash was miss-
ing from her purse later that
day, the victim began to suspect
foul play. "I was astonished and
in shock that somebody had
the nerve to do something like
that," she said.
West Bloomfield Police
Detective Bob Spencer praised
the Ira Kaufman Chapel in
Southfield for getting the word
out to grieving families to be
on the lookout for a shivah
house thief. El
Shivah House Suspect
Awaits Next Court Date
P
atti Lynne Davis, 42, of West
Bloomfield faces Oakland County
Circuit Court arraignment on Feb. 7 for
allegedly committing a larceny from the
West Bloomfield shivah house described
in the above story.
The Oakland County Fugitive
Apprehension Team arrested her on out-
standing warrants, said West, Bloomfield
Police Detective Bob Spencer, who was
alerted by a description of the "Shivah
bandit" he'd heard from other officers.
She was identified by the victim
through a photo lineup, Spencer said.
He added that Davis has been cooperat-
ing with police. She told the detective
she is Jewish, but stated on her booking
sheet that she's a Jehovah's Witness.
Patti Lynne Davis in court.