re: Baton Rouge -Serial squatter is trying to SELL victim's house

Once Craven had a look inside the home, it was evident several people were living there. They brought in some of their furniture, ripped up the carpet, and installed tile flooring and countertops. The work is not quality and Craven says it all has to be redone.

Most of the furniture that remained in the home from Craven's in-laws was solid wood with an original finish. The squatters painted nearly every piece a matte black. They took the same paint to the molding, the stair banisters, and the windows, and even painted over some of the glass to black out a room. Other areas had been painted a matte white, including the kitchen. Appliances were painted white and, in other areas, painting had begun but was not finished. In one of the upstairs rooms, graffiti covers the walls.

One of the upstairs bathrooms was destroyed, and there are holes in the walls and missing parts of the ceiling. Craven found drug paraphernalia and empty liquor bottles left behind.

"Drug using, drug dealing, I don't know if he was renting rooms out to females," Craven said.

Guerin had somehow switched over the water bill to his name and had found a way to get electricity. The locks had also been changed.

"The house did need a little work but now it needs everything," Craven said.

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