Let's deduce this-
So monday night i was selling something on craigslist,
Monday.. Today is Wednesday. Why post this today and not yesterday?
and they were coming over to my house,
Were coming to your house? You never mentioned they actually did.. Did they? Do you know these people? Did you have ANY of their contact information such as their phone number, etc?
If they did come over.. What did they do? Why was it not mentioned if they did or didn't come over?
so i brought a candle out to the garage and set it on my desk.
WHY WAS THERE A CANDLE IN THE GARAGE IN THE FIRST PLACE?
Was the candle lit? Was it there to let them know you were outside? Have you ever met these people before?
Today the wife, her name is kate or katie,
Why so technical about her name? Are you suspicious of her involved in this story more than you know?
sends me a text and tells me that i lost her candle.
Elaborate..
Why does she think you lost her candle. That makes no sense. You say you brought A candle to the garage. Not hers.. Just a candle.
Even if it was hers, how can she accuse you of losing it immediately in text if she assumes/knows you had it last?
The first thing would be that she assumes/knows you had it last so she would ask you where it was.. Not telling you that you lost it.
The text itself makes no sense and suspicious. Sounds like she is playing a mind game with you.
About 10 minutes later she got a text from a phoenix number and it said something like "hey kate left your candle on the desk, hope you fell better, chris.
First off, does she know anyone in Phoenix?
Second, the statement makes no sense. If YOU put the candle on YOUR desk, then why would someone (assuming they were actually in the garage) say they "left" the candle on the desk?
What type of value does this candle have for "Everyone" to be so involved with this candle?
Monday night, what did you do with the candle?
Third, is/was your wife sick? Only people say to feel better if they are sick or down. What could motivation be for that statement?
Who is Chris?
She sent him a text back and asked who it was, but they said sorry wrong number.
Who it was? It's Chris.
If a true "unknown number" knows her name and an interesting session with a candle, a few possibilities occur-
The most likely to me is someone paid a couple bucks for an App to randomize a number on their behalf and spoof their cell phone number to text your wife a funny statement that would freak her out.
IF that were true, only two types of people will benefit from it-
A- someone that she pissed off that knows where you live.
B- Someone that knows you, possibly not your wife that you have pissed off.
C- Someone that is just having fun and will say who it was real soon if not already.
D- A true stalker but that is highly unlikely and would fall back to A or B mostly.
Sppofing numbers can randomize a fake number for them but an actual real number nonetheless.
Assuming it's non-threatening, think real hard who all has her phone number AND knows you were either outside Monday night or those you talked to saying you were outside Monday night.