u/Unique_Ticket5602

I was dog sitting for my cousin in his town home while he was out with his wife for the week. I get off work and head to his home. I get inside of the apartment and get the leash, dog and my phone. I leave out the front door.

The apartment has 2 doors, a sliding glass door and a regular front door. The front door you can only lock from a top dead bolt, there is no other locking mechanism for the from door. If you wanted to lock it from the inside you would have to twist the dead bolt. The bottom knob doesn’t lock at all it’s just a normal knob.

I walked outside with the dog from the front door and take him around the complex. We get back around and when I try to open the front it is locked. I don’t remember if I locked it our not so I look for the key. I don’t have the key, I panic and start thinking I dropped it around the complex. I begin my search and cannot find the key anywhere. I contact the leasing office and they call my cousin who tells them that they can open the door for me. Before they do so I check the sliding glass door which is also locked.

When they open the door the keys are on the table. How can a door lock from the outside if it needs a key to lock. It’s a dead bolt so it can’t be accidentally locked.

I couldn’t find an exact photo so I had to use chat GPT for the image of similar locks.