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re: Houston serial squatter claims ownership of 12 homes including 2 in high profile murders
Posted on 7/7/26 at 12:22 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
Posted on 7/7/26 at 12:22 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
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If there were actual egregious penalties for squatters (like jail) who are proven to fabricate claims, this would stop.
It should be B&E and each day you stay there you get a multiplier put on your sentence.
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Posted on 7/7/26 at 12:25 pm to Dire Wolf
If this were a one off squatter, it may need to go through the legal process.
It being a serial squatter should be solved by close range gunshot.
It being a serial squatter should be solved by close range gunshot.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 12:30 pm to Dire Wolf
It should be completely legal to shoot these folks in site if you find one inside a property you own
Posted on 7/7/26 at 12:40 pm to CatfishJohn
A landlord would never kick out a cleanly, respectable, rent-paying tenant.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 12:44 pm to theliontamer
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A landlord would never kick out a cleanly, respectable, rent-paying tenant.
Actually, there are a lot of scenarios where this happens.
They realize they severely underpriced rent and want to make more money, but have tenants in long term leases. They want to sell the building because they receive a huge offer but don't have provisions in lease that allow them to remove tenant in case of sale of said building.
There are plenty of stories of a-hole landlords finding ways to remove tenants that are under lease and not causing issues. Renter protections are important in these cases.
But if you are outside of your lease term, have missed payments, or are causing major damage to the property, you should be removed.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 12:45 pm to CaptainsWafer
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Squatters are the absolute worst type of people.
I saw on Instagram a "Squatter Hunter" who gets the owner to give them a lease then his team moves into the house to be the squatters roommate.
He brought in giant snakes to a house where the squatter was afraid of snakes.
He also said the easiest way to get them out is to find out if they are on parole so his team will bring a firearm into the house then to tell the police. The police wont do anything about a squatter because it is a civil matter but the felon in a home with a firearm is a violation and they arrest and return the squatter to prison.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 12:51 pm to alphaandomega
I’ve seen that. True American hero.
I bet landlords are willing to pay him pretty well for this service
I bet landlords are willing to pay him pretty well for this service
Posted on 7/7/26 at 12:53 pm to Dire Wolf
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The story is gaining traction because Lee Gilley, who murdered his pregnant wife, fled to Italy and is facing extradition. The women's poor family is fighting to keep their kids and now dealing with this POS.
It's my understanding the city granted the house back to the deceased wife's family as of 2 or so days ago. Did something change?
And why isn't that POS squatter beat up and imprisoned yet?
Posted on 7/7/26 at 12:54 pm to CatfishJohn
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I think the argument for them is to prevent landlords from kicking out tenants and causing homelessness. But there has to be a better way.
Could easily be dealt with by filing leases with the county like a deed or other formal paperwork.
“Sir where is your copy of the lease from the county? You don’t have one? You’ve committed fraud and trespassing and are under arrest.”
Posted on 7/7/26 at 1:01 pm to tide06
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Could easily be dealt with by filing leases with the county like a deed or other formal paperwork. “Sir where is your copy of the lease from the county? You don’t have one? You’ve committed fraud and trespassing and are under arrest.”
The more sophisticated squatters have forged leases and then claim they were scammed by someone pretending to be the landlord if it’s proven that the lease isn’t legit.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 1:02 pm to Dire Wolf
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At least two homes are tied to homicide victims.
not related to the squatter aspect of this thread but a friend of ours owned and rented a home that was the location of a high profile case where a step mother murdered her child in the home. After the police finished with the home for evidence and it was cleaned, it was shocking how many people wanted to rent or buy the home SPECIFICALLY because of what had happened there previously
Some (too many) people are really, really sickening.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 1:03 pm to Joshjrn
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The more sophisticated squatters have forged leases and then claim they were scammed by someone pretending to be the landlord if it’s proven that the lease isn’t legit.
Which would be fixed by having it on file with the county clerk.
If the clerk doesn’t have a copy matching what the squatter is showing make it felony fraud with a 5 year term.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 1:06 pm to CatfishJohn
It can obviously happen, but these circumstances you've listed are extremely rare. A typical lease is 12 months long and has verbiage to automatically increase rent every renewal. Overhead costs increase every year, long-term leases are terrible decisions and I haven't seen or heard of one of those in years. It is much easier to just wait out a lease than to try and illegally evict someone. A landlord is not concerned over a few hundred dollars a month when they have steady rent coming in. We always hear about the evil "a-hole landlords", but i can assure you, the POS tenant is the vast majority of all renting related problems.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 1:18 pm to idlewatcher
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And why isn't that POS squatter beat up and imprisoned yet?
the real outrage is why hasn't Gilley been brought back to america
Posted on 7/7/26 at 1:21 pm to CaptainsWafer
"In other news, a victim believed to be a squatter was found dead in a home he claimed to own. The legal owner of the residence reported finding the body when he went to assess repairs. The victim died of a single gun shot to the head. Police ask for your help if you know anything about this incident."
Problem solved. Doubt HPD would put too much effort into solving a random homicide of a serial squatter when they have so many other cases to investigate.
Problem solved. Doubt HPD would put too much effort into solving a random homicide of a serial squatter when they have so many other cases to investigate.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 1:43 pm to Dire Wolf
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Squatters
it can get real cold inside with no doors and windows
Posted on 7/7/26 at 1:50 pm to WavinWilly
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No one will ever be able to make the concept of squatters rights make sense to me. It’s not your property, it’s trespassing, it’s a crime.
I completely misunderstand the mechanisms that allow this to happen. How does it work? If someone owns a property and someone decides to just move in on top of them, it should be a simple case with the sheriff showing up and dragging their asses off the property.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 3:20 pm to tide06
This guy has done it 12 times in a short period. He doesn't live in 12 different places. Also forged an affidavit.
The feds need to drop the hammer on him and send him away for a VERY long time. This is a slam dunk case.
The feds need to drop the hammer on him and send him away for a VERY long time. This is a slam dunk case.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 3:57 pm to alphaandomega
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I saw on Instagram a "Squatter Hunter" who gets the owner to give them a lease then his team moves into the house to be the squatters roommate.
How is the landlord giving access of the property to the Squatter Hunter? Seems like in most of these cases like OP the squatter has changed the locks.
I don't see how they get around the constructive eviction laws in a case where the locks aren't changed and the tenant won't leave or pay rent.
It sounds awesome though, I'll have to check it out.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 4:00 pm to Dire Wolf
"Squatters rights" are as dumb as "birthright citizenship."
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