Traumatized NYC couple finds stranger lounging in apartment, claims doorman gave intruder keys

A “traumatized” Queens couple returned from vacation and found a stranger lounging in their apartment — thanks, they claim, to the luxury building’s doorman who handed the intruder the keys and let her up.Bill and Yelim Kim were away from their posh Purves Street Long Island City apartment on July 24 when they got a ping from their home-security system informing them that there was somebody in their home.When they looked at the camera’s live feed what they saw was horrifying — a woman trapsing about their apartment, helping herself to a drink and chilling out on their couch.“I was in disbelief.I just could not believe what I was seeing,” Bill told FOX 5.

“We can’t help or wonder, what would she have done if we didn’t catch her on camera?”But then their stomachs dropped even further — the woman found the camera watching her and ripped it off the bookshelf where it stood, terrifying footage obtained by FOX showed.“If we didn’t have a security camera set up, would she have just stayed?” an incredulous Bill said.“This was almost 11 p.m.

at night.Would she have slept in our bed?”The Kims quickly notified a neighbor who ran over to their apartment and pounded on the door until the woman came out.

When the intruder finally opened the door, she answered with a simple “Sorry” and fled.She was in the wind by the time police arrived.Building management later supposedly said in an email to tenants that the woman posed as a dogwalker for the Kims and was let up to the apartment by a doorman, according to FOX, That doorman was removed from the property and security measures are being enhanced, the report said.

Those measures apparently worked, as the woman even reappeared two days after the initial incident and tried to get in — but was turned away.She has not been identified or charged with anything, but the NYPD is investigating the case as a burglary.Despite the response, the Kims are not feeling much reassurance.“I’m freaking...