I had to check what decade this was from. Residential proxies have been a thing long before even data centre proxies became a thing. There's a ton of companies offering this service: https://residentialproxyreview...
There's both ethical and unethical types of residential proxies, the ethical ones typically pay people $20 a month or so to run a proxy server in their home through companies like HoneyGain. Unethical proxies might be installed with spyware and other unwanted apps.
You must have Epic level of wealth to not worry about where your apple devices are. Many of us save for years to have the funds for a MacBook Pro for example.
In other news thereâ(TM)s been some suspicious activity seen outside the victims house shortly before when a car attempted to quickly drive off but both doors fell off the getaway car.