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(July 23, 2008)—A woman in Taunton, Mass. has killed herself after faxing a letter telling her mortgage company she would be dead by the time it foreclosed on her house, police said.

Police said Carlene Balderrama also left a note telling her husband and son they should take any life insurance money from her death and use it to pay for the house.

The mortgage company notified authorities, who found the 53-year-old woman's body on Tuesday.

Investigators in the city south of Boston say Balderrama used her husband's rifle to kill herself about 90 minutes before her home was to be sold at auction.
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Posted by: uknow Location: here on Jul 23, 2008 at 10:45 PM
T Saunders .... They would have to HAVE A HEART to do that. I have loan through the DEVIL[COUNTRYWIDE] too .... They want me to refinance refinance - didn't you read the fine print. We have never been late -yet they WANT WANT WANT MORE! They can ALL BURN OR GO BROKE!You try and do good - all you get is DUMPED ON!
Posted by: chaarlie brown Location: Coppereas Cove on Jul 23, 2008 at 10:33 PM
I as well as many of you don't know all the circumstances surrounding this tragedy...but I can't help but wonder if some form of GREED did'nt force this episode I.E. was the property wanted for a Mini Mall or was it valuable in some other way! If not what caused total ignorance of this family's plight...and why could'nt it be worked out!!
Posted by: Tom Saunders Location: china spring tx on Jul 23, 2008 at 09:19 PM
I will grive for this family,and I wonder why it has to come to this.Why can't the finance companys come to some sort of agreement with people who or in this predicament.Is it not better to work something out,lower payments ect.than to take a persons home?The finance companys or not in the realstate business:Work with the people and at least get some money and not cause such heartacke.
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