The fence surrounding 819 Clay Street was shut Sunday afternoon, with a wooden board covering one of the home’s two front windows. Police had cleared from the area, and people were enjoying a sunny day across the road in Fred Fletcher Park.
A red SUV was parked in the driveway. It displayed a breast cancer awareness logo on its license plate and a bumper sticker from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
Early Saturday morning, Raleigh police had responded to a report of a burglary in progress at this house. The burglar began to attack the victim, school teacher Zoe Welsh, while Welsh was still speaking to the police, the police say…