An 85-year-old woman and her family are asking for help identifying the three women who attempted to use a distraction and burglarize their home in Colton around 2:15 p.m. on Jan. 5.
The homeowner, Margarita Martinez, said that she was enjoying a relaxing Sunday afternoon sitting on her porch when she was approached by a stranger.
As seen in footage from Martinez’s front door Ring camera, the unknown woman started asking the 85-year-old questions like, “Is someone in the house?” or, “Are you alone?”
The homeowner’s daughter told KTLA’s Shelby Nelson that out of precaution, Martinez told the woman that her son was inside the house.
“My mom said at one point she put her hand in her purse and that’s when my mom worried,” said Martinez’s daughter. “She thought she might have a weapon or something.”
However, instead of grabbing a weapon, the woman grabbed her phone and asked Martinez to call her son – but Martinez refused.
The woman then proceeded to ask for Aloe Vera plants, persistent in keeping the 85-year-old’s attention, saying which specific plants she wanted.