Most people worry about their bike or car being stolen — not their home.
But that’s exactly what happened to D’Andrea Turner when squatters took over her Phoenix home and sold it without her knowledge.
“It feels so surreal,” Turner shared in an interview with ABC 15 Arizona. “I feel like I’m in the Twilight Zone. Really, I didn’t even think something like this could happen.”
But it did. After Turner’s ex-husband, Keith — a long-haul trucker — left the house unattended for a period of time, two strangers, Aaron Polmanteer and Lledera Hollen, forced their way in.
Once inside, they found personal documents belonging to the Turners, forged new ones, and assumed their identities.
“Squatters stole my house,” Turner said, still in disbelief. “They actually moved in, posed as me, and sold my house.”
A home in Arizona that was taken over by squatters and sold without the real homeowner’s knowledge. ABC15 Arizona
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