Bullshit. (Almost) nobody who lives in a house, especially in a rural area, is answering the door after 10pm for a stranger without being awfully careful, and if they have a gun in the house they're at the very least thinking about grabbing it.
Point is, robbers wouldn't want to alarm everyone inside the house prior to the robbery.
I could see this done during the daytime much easier than at night, and they wouldn't even need the crying woman to alarm anyone. Just ring the doorbell.

