TAUNTON, MA (AP) A 53-year-old wife and mother fatally shot herself shortly after faxing a letter to her mortgage company saying that by the time they foreclosed on her house that day, she would be dead.
Police said that Carlene Balderrama used her husband's high-powered rifle to kill herself Tuesday afternoon, shortly after faxing the letter at 2:30 p.m.
The mortgage company called police, who found Balderrama's body at 3:30 p.m.
The auction was scheduled to start at 5 p.m. and interested buyers arrived at the property in Taunton, about 35 miles south of Boston, while Balderrama's body was still inside, according to Taunton police chief Raymond O'Berg.
Police did not immediately release the name of the mortgage company. O'Berg said Balderrama's fax read, in part, "By the time you foreclose on my house I'll be dead."
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2 comments:
With stories like this I wonder how Americans view Bush's joke about people losing their homes. Most Americans work hard and build a future for their families only to see the US Government robbed them. Now as Bush makes Americans pay for the money his Party and friends stole from the housing market only a few families will be saved others will lose their home but have to pay for others.
Bushites could care less...we'll see how much they care when its their own large fortunes on the line.
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