Heirs Of Deceased Illinois Homeowner Claim Deed Theft; Accuse Cousin Of Stealing Title To House

In East St. Louis, Illinois, the Belleville Democrat reports:

• When a daughter decided to sell her mother's home, she was surprised to learn it was no longer hers to sell. A real estate appraiser told Victoria Rodgers that she, her five brothers and a sister didn't own the house and neither did her long-deceased mother. "I told the guy, 'What?!?'" Rodgers said. "How could that be? This is my mother's house ... We are her only heirs." Carrie Hampton, Rodgers' mother, died in 1987. Rodgers discovered her cousin, Sherille Edmond, filed a quit-claim deed, stating she was Rodger's sister and executor of Hampton's estate.

• The deed was prepared by St. Clair County Recorder's Office employee Debra Johnson, who was charged last month with official misconduct and forgery in an unrelated case. [...] Johnson was charged after police said she forged the name of two dead women on property-tax records, resulting in removing two properties from the county tax rolls for two years and costing the county almost $9,000 in taxes. Debra Johnson, who could not be reached for comment, lives [...] next door to Rodger's mother's home [...].

For more, see Family feuds over East St. Louis home; deed prepared by charged worker.

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