A blog about the Sunshine Family's life and times transitioning from Big City life to Small Town Texas life. Oh yea, I have a husband, two young adults and two emotionally needy pets.
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
A Little Too Close To Home
This story hit home in a variety of ways.
Once upon a time when I was a landlord, I was in West Georgia and I told the deadbeat tenant I would be by to pick up the rent. She said "Come on over. I am home alone." Then, I drove by her house. As I did, I watched her get into her car and four thugs walk to her front door. One was carrying a baseball bat.
The thugs walked in the front door, the tenant drove away. I called her a few moments later, not mentioning I had just drove by, and she reiterated she was home alone and would be all afternoon. Perhaps I could stay and chat for a bit when I came over?
Instead of stopping by, I went to my attorney's office and started the eviction process.
Utah real estate agent allegedly shot and killed
while trying to evict tenants.
Three people were arrested Saturday in
connection with the death of a Utah real estate agent who police believe was
shot and killed while attempting to evict tenants at a Salt Lake City
apartment.
The arrests took place hours after
detectives and friends searched the city for the 40-year-old victim. Police
learned just before 11 p.m. Friday that David Stokoe never left the apartment
near 900 East and Princeton Avenue, Salt Lake City Police spokesman Sgt. Greg
Wilking said.
Police found Stokoe’s body in a
semi-hidden crawl space, then shifted their focus to finding his missing
Cadillac Escalade, in addition to the apartment tenants.
Wilking said Stokoe, of South Jordan,
was likely killed Thursday when he visited the apartment. He was reported missing
to South Jordan police about that time, and Salt Lake City police got involved
after searching the apartment Friday and finding evidence that made them “very
concerned” about his well-being.
The Salt Lake City SWAT team found and
arrested Manuel Velasquez, 31; Jessica Reese, 38, who sometimes uses the last
name Miller; and Diana Hernandez, 30, outside a South Salt Lake apartment after
a short standoff around 6 a.m. Saturday.
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