28 Year Old Florida Woman Commits Suicide to Avoid Eviction

Fox Orlando ^ | 7-01-2009

[My Favorite Headache]

Woman Commits Suicide to Avoid Eviction Updated: Wednesday, 01 Jul 2009, 5:12 PM EDT Published : Wednesday, 01 Jul 2009, 5:11 PM EDT

By LILY FU (MYFOX NATIONAL) - A Florida woman tragically committed suicide on the day she was getting evicted from her home.

Heather Newnam, 28, of Tamarac, Fla., shot herself when a real estate agent, a locksmith and movers showed up at her home on Monday after she failed to pay her rent. She told them she had to secure the dogs first, and then a shot was fired, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office . The SWAT team arrived on the scene and found her dead from a gunshot wound to the head.

Newnam documented her life on Twitter as user rsangel04. Her last post on June 24 read, "Rich get richer, poor get poorer, families on the street, govt doesn't care. God bless the usa, but can He save it?"

The day before, Newnam seemed in better spirits. "Five minutes til Rescue Me, Woo Hoo! then bed, Im beat."

According to the New Times , Newnam worked in sales at the Success Research Group in Oakland Park, Fla.

[dfwgator]

No Hopey Hopey Change Change for her.

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

"God bless the usa, but can He save it?"

Not if the Democratic Party has anything to say about it.

[My Favorite Headache]

Tamarac Woman Takes Her Own Life to Avoid Eviction By Eric Barton in Crime, Housing BubbleTuesday, Jun. 30 2009 @ 11:56AM Heather Newnam's photo from her Twitter account. Here's a story that brings home just how morbid this housing crisis can be: Heather Newnam of Tamarac shot herself yesterday instead of letting cops evict her for failing to pay her rent. It's a depressing tale, but perhaps what's more depressing is reading what amounts to Newnam's final public words on her Twitter account. Writing under the name rsangel04, bits of Newnam's life played out in her posts. Then she seemed to foretell her own death in this final post at 7:04 p.m. on June 24. She sent this from her cell phone: Rich get richer, poor get poorer, families on the street, govt doesn't care. God bless the usa, but can He save it? What's even sadder is that previous posts seem to show Newnam in a better place, talking about going to the tattoo convention and watching the TV show Rescue Me. The day before that last message, she wrote: five minutes til Rescue Me, Woo Hoo! then bed, Im beat Newnam's photo from Facebook. A few days before that, she tweets about having a tooth pulled and using tequila to kill the pain. She writes about hating Florida, wonders what tattoo she should get next, and talks about watching her husband play a videogame. The site gives only a few clues about the financial state she's in, like this post from June 3: this working shit sucks! When do I get to hit the lotto? According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, Newnam shot herself at 1 p.m. yesterday when a real estate agent, a locksmith, and movers showed up at the home at 6902 NW 79th St. in Tamarac. Newnam told them she needed to secure her dogs before they could come in. Then they heard a gunshot. The SWAT team showed up, and at 4 p.m., they found her dead. Details of her life are also played out on her Facebook page, where she writes that she worked in sales for Success Resource Group in Oakland Park. Her profile describes a woman who lived a happy life before Monday. In the line for her favorite quote, she wrote: ""I live to love, and laugh alot, and that's all I need"

[OB1kNOb]

Perhaps bi-polar.

[pissant]

Obviously had mental issues. She watched Rescue Me

[Repeal The 17th]

She could apparently afford a cell phone, computer, TV, video games, tequila, and tattoos ... but not rent.

[My Favorite Headache]

Here is her Twitter page

http://twitter.com/rsangel04

[majormaturity]

Please, it’s the Democrat Party - don’t give them the aura of democracy by misspelling their name.

[vladimir998]

I’m confused. She had a job. She was working. Was she not making enough to pay her rent? She had time and money for dogs, twittering, tattoo conventions and cable TV shows, but didn’t pay her rent?

I think this had much less to do with housing than some people might believe. This woman simply may have been nuts. What a shame.

[My Favorite Headache]

Shock! Her Twitter page is littered with Obama and Liberal crap!

[WOBBLY BOB]

“this working shit sucks! When do I get to hit the lotto? “

sounds like the typical Obummer voter.

[My Favorite Headache]

They spelled it correctly...she was a BIG Dem...

http://twitter.com/rsangel04

[metmom]

The site gives only a few clues about the financial state she's in, like this post from June 3: this working shit sucks! When do I get to hit the lotto?

That tells a lot.

[KSCITYBOY]

Well that cures her problem.

[chris_bdba]

Who commits sucide when they can’t make their rent? I suspect that she had some other problems too?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

"Rich get richer, poor get poorer, families on the street, govt doesn't care. God bless the usa, but can He save it?"

"Fish don't fry in the kitchen,
Beans don't burn on the grill.
Took a whole lotta tryin'
Just to get up that hill."

[metmom]

Of course she was making enough to pay her rent. She just chose not to and selfishly spent it on herself.

[dfwgator]

she worked in sales for Success Resource Group in Oakland Park.

I could see how people would want to buy from her. /s

[WOBBLY BOB]

that you, Weezie?