Updated October 18, 2018


A North Alabama burglary suspect was taken into custody after bathing, washing clothes, clipping his toenails and cooking in a stranger’s house, authorities said.


Limestone County investigators said Tyler Keefe Love “made himself at home” in a woman’s house on Davis Avenue Tuesday. The woman wasn’t home at the time but returned to find Love in her house, said sheriff’s spokesman Stephen Young.


“What are you doing in my home?” the woman shouted at Love, according to the sheriff’s office.


Love replied, “Washing clothes, Grandmama,” according to investigators.


Limestone County deputies and Ardmore police went to the home after the woman called for help. Police detained Love at the scene.


…investigators found evidence that Love had spent a good deal of time inside the victim’s home.


Deputies said evidence showed that Love had washed his clothes, taken a bath, clipped his toenails and searched through the woman’s cabinets, drawers and jewelry boxes. Love had also cooked a sandwich with a fresh onion, eggs, ham, butter, mayonnaise, and cheese that he found in the victim’s house.


Young said deputies believe Love was under the influence of narcotics.


Love is held in the Limestone County jail on a felony burglary charge. Bail is set at $10,000.