MILFORD — A lot of people say “Over my dead body.” Vincenza Garcia meant it.
Rather than comply with a foreclosure notice and allow a marshal to evict her from the home she loved at 55 Earle St., Garcia took her own life on Oct. 1. And, in the eyes of her attorney, her story is emblematic of the devastation the foreclosure epidemic has inflicted on so many once-proud homeowners.
Garcia, who had won the city’s Freedom Lawn contest last summer for her beautifully landscaped yard, loved the small house near Point Beach she had owned since 1996.
She was “a nice lady who was always working on her garden,” said neighbor Phil Vetro. “Every time I’d see her, she’d be out there working.”
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This is criminal. How can the United States Government allow these white collar criminals rob hard working-class Americans and destroy so many lives?