Downwardly: "By the time you foreclose on my house, I'll be dead."

by Actual News Geezer | October 14, 2008 at 06:40 am

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Associated Press has a new story up identifying recent victims of violence connected to the financial crisis. Here is a brief police blotter account of one of the most recent: Pamela Ross, who had been given a 10-day reprieve on the foreclosure on her home. She did not wait for the deadline.

SEVIERVILLE (AP) -- A Sevierville woman apparently killed herself as sheriff's deputies prepared to evict her from her foreclosed home, police said.
    Sevier County deputies heard a gunshot Monday shortly after arriving at the home of Pamela Ross, 57, Sevierville Police told Knoxville's WVLT-TV.
    Police and deputies entered the home and found Ross suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest with a handgun on the ground beside her.
    Police spokesman Bob Stahlke said officers are investigating the shooting as a suicide.
    The family's attorney, Herb Moncier, said that Ross' husband was fighting the foreclosure of their home in court at the time, and court records show a judge granted him another 10 days to appeal his case.
    Moncier said that means deputies should not have been at the house.
    Sheriff's Capt. Jeff McCarter said Friday that deputies were waiting across the street from the house for the results of the hearing when Ross came out and spoke to them.
    They were there to serve an eviction notice if the judge decided to issue one, he said, but did not enter the house until after they heard the gunshot.
    McCarter said he could not comment further because of the ongoing investigation.
    Moncier is asking officials to perform an autopsy on Ross.

The AP article also lists other victims, with names and photographs, including that of Karthik Rajaram, who shot four of his family members before turning this gun on himself.