Tenant vanished...protocol for getting apartment back

[Angelica Rivera]

Will there be legal consequences to how I handled the below situation?

I have a tenant who was falling behind on rent. I went to ask for the apartment back and learned she had started moving her things out in mid June. She agreed to move her things by 6/30.

She’s been MIA for several days and today with police present I entered the apartment to find it almost looked abandoned. All her clothes, items were there.

Did I do the right thing by going in and taking it back? Here are the facts I had on hand:

-tenant had property managers and my tel#- she never made contact with either of us

-no running water or electricity for several days

- neighbors said they haven’t seen anyone there for a while

-when I called the phone # I had listed- message says she changed it

-Bugs visible through the window showing signs of abandonment

Police were present when the door was opened and locks were changed. With the amount of items left behind, I’m second guessing if I did it right.