Robert Dean of Duke Police. The money was taken from wallets that were left on desks or in desk drawers. We need your assistance. Campus police recommend that students keep their doors locked at all times, learn who their dorm residents are so strangers can be recognized, promptly report suspicious activity and contact the police department to set up a dorm watch program. One student awoke shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday when someone entered his room, but he was able to provide only a sketchy description of the man.
Police have few clues and no suspects in the case.
It's a risky assumption because certainly other people can then enter the living space.