Crime: Theft

Date: July 2, 2003

Location: Simmons Hall--7th floor (M.I.T. Campus)

Wednesday, July 2nd, a student participating in the MITE2S Summer Program reported the theft of $250 of his own money. The student reported waking up late that morning after having gone to sleep at 4:00 A.M. Before going to bed, the student "groggily" dressed into his pajamas and emptied the contents of his pant pockets: wallet, cellphone and a few pencils. The student's roommate was asleep the whole time.

Later that morning, the victim's roommate did not wake him up as he left for class at 8:45 A.M. The victim's alarm sounded at 8:50, startling him as he quickly jumped out of bed to head to class. Classes usually begin at 9:00 A.M. In his rush to get to his Humanities class, the students forgot his wallet, meal card, and key--the daily essentials of every MITE2S student. The student did not realize his mistake until lunchtime (approximately 12:20 P.M.) when he reached into his empty pocket to pay for his meal. His fellow classmate paid for his lunch claiming he owed the victim for his help on the Calculus homework that they stayed up late doing the night before.

After eating, the victim confronted his roommate for having left him asleep that morning, a direct cause of his tardiness to class that morning. The victim's roommate made a curt apology, picked up his things, and headed to his afternoon class. The victim was especially upset because it was the third time his roommate had failed to wake him up for class. At the MITE2S program the unwritten rule goes that "if you're leaving for class in the morning and it's getting late and your roommate is still asleep, you should wake him/her up." The victim had brought this to his roommate's attention each time, after which the roommate repeatedly promised "not to let it happen again."

The student came back to his room and immediately began searching for his meal card, trying to ignore his roommate. To his surprise, the card was nowhere to be found. He contacted his cluster leader and let him know he lost his meal card. The cluster leader reminded him that a $15 dollar fee would be charged to replace the card. He also noted that the door to the victim's dorm room was left open all night.

As the student continued to search for his card in his dorm room, he discovered that his spending money was also missing. The amount has been estimated to be about $250 dollars. The student asked others if they had heard of anyone losing a large some of money. No one had heard anything about the incident.

Now, the incident remains a mystery. All we have are the facts but no leads. Please voice your opinions, suggestions, or any other information that could lead to the unraveling of this case.

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