“My take: She was just really confused and had some mental health issues,” he said. Snipes said it did not appear that she was homeless or under the influence of any substances. He sat down with the woman for nearly 20 minutes and later called Davis police when it became clear the woman didn’t know who she was or where she lives. “For whatever reason, she wasn’t totally lucid, she was confused, not able to talk in a regular conversation.” “I could tell she was not a threat of any kind,” he said.
He said the woman was trying to access the field behind his house and told him she was trying to head west. Snipes suspects the stranger came through the side gate. “I was thinking, ‘I don’t know this person, what is this person doing in my backyard?’ ” he explained. When Ruby did not come back to the house, he went looking for her and found the woman (pictured right) walking with his dog on the side of the house. Kurt Snipes let his dog, Ruby, out in the backyard in the early evening on that Sunday. Davis police said she appeared to be in good health and was uninjured when found. She was taken to the hospital and admitted for treatment.
She reportedly wandered into the backyard of a Davis resident’s home on Sunday, May 30 and appeared confused.
