An American Mother

Newcastle Herald

Friday July 25, 2008

? AN American mother 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 Carlene Balderrama, 53, used her husband's high-powered rifle to kill herself shortly after faxing the letter on Tuesday.

Her husband had petitioned unsuccessfully for bankruptcy three times.

The mortgage company called police in Taunton, Massachusetts, who found the body an hour later. AP

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