DeKalb County police Thursday canvassed neighbors and continued to investigate the motive for a daylight home invasion that ended when a victim escaped and hopped into busy LaVista Road — despite being tied to a chair.

Suzanne Ledet, 44, was bloodied but not seriously injured when passers-by discovered her Wednesday. Her husband, Sterling Ledet, who also was tied up in the attack, and their three children were found unharmed in the house after an ordeal that may have lasted more than three hours.

No one answered the door Thursday at the Ledets' three-story brick house on Laurelgate Drive, north of Decatur. The rear glass doors were covered with sheets.

The victims were not available for comment. They did not respond to a message left with an employee at a computer training business run by the couple.

Police spokeswoman Mekka Parish said police believe the family was specifically targeted by the two intruders. "Why, we're not sure," she said.

Police said Suzanne Ledet pulled into the driveway of her home about 3 p.m. Wednesday to find two men waiting. They forced her inside and bound her to the chair. At some point, her husband also was bound.

But Suzanne Ledet got out of the house, even though she was still tied to the chair. Her apparent route required her to hop at least 30 yards from her basement to LaVista, where she flagged down cars.

A motorist stopped and used a cellphone to call police, who found the other victims inside the house but not the two attackers.

Police then went through neighbors' homes and backyards with search dogs, said Naila Khalaf, who lives down the street with her husband.

A police report released Thursday said the incident began at 11:30 a.m. and ended at 3:04 p.m.

Police did not disclose whether anything was taken from the Ledets' home.

George Meadows, the only witness listed on the police report, said Thursday that he saw a man acting strangely just after the attack.

Meadows, who lives in another upscale subdivision near the Ledets' home, said he saw a sweaty and visibly anxious man on a neighbor's porch.

"I think he had come through the woods and reached the subdivision and didn't know how to get out," Meadows said.

The tall, muscular man, wearing blue jeans and a torn white tank top, claimed he had just been attacked by a group of people. The man asked Meadows to give him a ride or call a taxi. Meadows refused, and the man walked away.

"I pointed him in the right direction," Meadows said. "I knew he wasn't here for any good reason because he was anxious to leave."

— News researcher Joni Zeccola contributed to this article.