Foreclosed Homeowner Takes Life; Reportedly Faxed Note Informing Mortgage Lender Of Intent

In Taunton, Massachusetts, WHDH-TV Channel 7 reports:

• A woman took her own life after she lost her home to foreclosure. Carlene Balderrama, 53, reportedly fax her mortgage company a letter telling them that when they showed up to foreclose on the home, they would find her dead. Police say that a suicide note, which was left inside of the home, told family members to take the insurance money and pay off the debt.

For more, see Woman takes her own life after home foreclosed.

See also:

• ABC News: Foreclosure-Related Suicide: Sign of the Times? (Massachusetts Woman's Suicide Followed Foreclosure),
• The Boston Globe: The anguish of foreclosure (Fearing sale of house, woman kills herself before the auction).

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