After reading about this odd and unfortunate event, I thought about my coach sitting at a shop waiting for a new inverter to be installed and thinking about the two cats they have hanging around their shop!
So I stopped by to check on progress and told them this story. They said that was indeed unfortunate but they assured me their two cats never leave the store front and they check to make sure they are where they are supposed to be before they leave in the evenings. They did say there is a local coyote hanging around the area who makes a meal of feral cats that come and go.
I'll be glad to get mine back this Friday :D