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00:07You
00:08Guys just stay on me. I'm gonna take over this house. Why are you in my house? Hey, we're roommates
00:12now
00:13You guys can get out of my house now go. You are not a lawful tenant. You have something to
00:17hide. This is not happening
00:19Hey, is this your bedroom? Is this your bedroom? Tell you what this room is your room now the rest
00:24of the house is mine
00:27I'm flash Shelton in 2019 squatters took over my mom's home. The sheriff couldn't get him out. So I did
00:36Turns out my family is not alone across America
00:39Thousands of homeowners get locked out when a squatter moves in now my team and I were coming in travel
00:45across the country
00:46confronting these squatters
00:48Face to face. We're not going anywhere to help families get their homes back
00:54Get out of my house
01:03I'm here just outside of Clay Elam, Washington and it's beautiful out here
01:08Perfect remote location for a squatter to dig in
01:13Here she is on the left. It looks like
01:18Hi, hi, I'm Casey right nice to meet you. Oh my god. Thank you so much for coming
01:24So this house right up here with the lights on yes, okay, I bought this house in 2020 and we
01:32just
01:33fell in love
01:35This was gonna be our dream house with my daughter and husband
01:40We love it here, and it's a really safe neighborhood
01:43We spent about two and a half years remodeling the house
01:46From outside in we live in Seattle and literally just finished construction and plans were for us to move in
01:53and
01:54now I don't know what to do so
01:56Tell me how did this happen to you?
01:59I was at lunch one day and I got a call from a contractor that they said hey are you
02:03the homeowner and I said yes and they said oh
02:05We just got a call from some lady that said they're the homeowner and I said what I'm sorry
02:09I'm the owner no you're mistaken, so I immediately drive out to my house and this woman. I've never seen
02:16before
02:17She answers the door and I said you know hi. I'm the homeowner. I this is my home. You know,
02:24who are you?
02:24She slammed the door in my face
02:27What did you do after that? I called the police and they said that there's nothing they can do because
02:33this is a civil matter
02:34I just feel shock and panic and completely violated
02:38I can't believe that somebody else has taken over our home has all the rights and we can do essentially
02:44nothing about it
02:45I just feel sick to my stomach
02:47You know squatters aren't moving into old rundown neighborhoods now
02:51Some squatters find remote locations like this one with beautiful luxurious homes
03:07Do you know her name um the contractor told me her name is Mary Alice Wiggins, so you know what?
03:14I'm going to text my son
03:17Her name okay so that he can get started on looking into Mary Alice Wiggins
03:24This was something Casey and her family were not prepared for I can tell in her eyes her voice she
03:30needs our help
03:32This squatter does not actually have a lease with the owner
03:35So as a first step i'm having her sign a lease agreement with me, so I will have the legal
03:40right to occupy her home
03:42I assure you i'm going to be doing everything I can for you. Thank you. You're all we have and
03:47I just don't know what else to do
03:50We start with gathering intel. This is a big location. It's a big lot
03:56We're going to send up our drone and get a lay of the land while we wait for more information
04:01to come in about this squatter
04:11All right, let's get this drone up
04:13I want to get some eyes on this house. Let's see if she's in there. Okay
04:17Joining me on this case is cam who has experience in both security and law enforcement
04:22How many squatters are we expecting to be in here? We know of one squatter, but we don't know if
04:28she has others in the house with her
04:29Okay
04:37Yeah, so see that house right there and then a garage unit on the left
04:41So we have a couple challenges the way I see it. Do we got any vehicles in the driveway?
04:47Looks like there is one in the driveway
04:50First of all getting on the property without being noticed that's most likely her car
04:55So she's probably home
04:57There's only one way in and one way out one long driveway up to the property
05:02We can be seen the moment we pull up that driveway
05:06Yeah, let's go to a tighter lens see all these big windows. We may be able to get a view
05:10of her there
05:12Oh, wait, there's somebody right there right there right there. Yeah
05:17Oh, wow
05:19That's definitely our squatter. We have to figure out how we get in the house
05:30All right, let me see what mice got
05:36Hey, hey, uh, so what do you got for me? Yeah, I ran that name. There's no mary alice wiggins
05:42in washington
05:43I'm gonna guess that's an assumed name really, huh?
05:47I did confirm on social media. There is somebody by that name renting rooms out at casey's address
05:55Well, thank you mike no problem all right cam
05:58I think that might be our way in by posting an ad seeking renters this squatter
06:04Unknowingly may have opened the door to give us an opportunity to enter this house
06:22It looks like sam's pulling up behind us here
06:29Hey sam, I really appreciate you coming out here for this this is cam
06:33Sam is a local investigator that i've worked with and she has experience in undercover work see this house right
06:40up here
06:41Yeah, the squatter took over this house and she's been running ads trying to rent out rooms
06:47So we're gonna call just trying to rent a room
07:01Sam is actually going to go through all the regular steps as if she's a renter
07:06Hello hi, I was calling about um looking at a room
07:11Yes, the smallest room is 800 and the entire downstairs is 1500. I'd like to look at it. Can I
07:18come right now?
07:18In about like 15 minutes
07:22You sure can okay, okay, i'll be watching for you. All right. Thank you so much. Okay, okay
07:29Perfect while sam is viewing the property and walking around she's gonna leave the door unlocked to allow me the
07:34opportunity to enter discreetly
08:01Hi
08:01Hi, what was your name again? I'm sam. Hi sam, I'm mariela. It's nice to meet you. Nice to meet
08:05you. All right, I'm gonna go do this
08:07All right, be careful man
08:09There's this is the one room here
08:11Okay, um
08:12Yeah, this one doesn't have its own bathroom or nothing. I think that's mine across the hall
08:20Okay, I can see her in the front room there. This is the shared area and yeah, we should have
08:25a cleveland mess. Yeah
08:27It's really nice out here. Yeah, it is. It takes a while. We want to keep this place up
08:32Guys, just stay on me. Okay, I'm gonna take over this house
08:38My lease legally allows me to enter the home anytime I want if you want more privacy
08:43There's the whole one down here but waiting for a squatter to be distracted
08:47Gives us the benefit of a guaranteed entrance and there's a bathroom down here. Yeah
08:53Of course once we're in i'm happy to make our presence known
09:03Okay, how much this one is this part is 1500. Okay. Yeah, yeah, that's pretty good
09:17Yeah
09:21Yeah, that's good
09:24Why are you in my house? Hey, hey, hey, we're roommates now
09:32What is your name? My name is Mary Alice. What's your name? Mary Alice? My name is flash
09:35I'm calling the cops right now. All right. So oh, you're gonna call the cops? I am. Hold on one
09:40second
09:40I have a lease for the property. So if you if you want to show me your lease, I'll show
09:44you mine
09:46You guys can get out of my house now. Go. You don't have permission to be in my house
09:49Get out of my face. So I noticed that you're not calling the police and I think that you're not
09:55because you are not a lawful tenant
09:56You have something to hide
09:59We're doing anything we can to kind of let her know that we are in control
10:05This is uh, don't pay attention to her
10:07Damn camera out of my face and get out of my house. I thought you said your name was mary
10:12ellis. I did my name is mary ellis
10:14But the name on the deed is casey. Well, it's because it's in an owner contract
10:17It'll be traced over when it's paid off. This woman was clearly seasoned
10:21And you can show me this? I have to show you because I live here. She knew exactly what to
10:26say
10:27This was not her first rodeo. All right. Well, right now you live here
10:31I live here and so does anyone else that I allow in the door live here
10:35Including my crew for now on it's my home and i'm gonna be controlling the ranchers
10:42This is not happening. Get this people out of my house. Hey, listen to me. Go get away
10:47They don't no no no we are being civil. No one is touching you
10:51Okay, listen to me. I promise you this if you touch listen. No, listen to me
10:56I promise you this if you touch anyone in this household
11:00I will not only make sure that you are out of this house, but i'll make sure you end up
11:04out of this house in cuffs
11:06I will have charges filed for assault and have you removed. Do you understand?
11:11I understand what you're trying to say. Do you understand that?
11:13I understand what you're trying to say. So i've got one of my renters coming in right now. Get out.
11:19His name
11:19Is cam and you're gonna really like him. He's a really nice. I got it. Hey, is this your bedroom?
11:24Is this your bedroom? Tell you what this room is your room now the rest of the house is mine
11:29Don't me
11:36This house belongs to casey and her family you're squatting here. I know you're squatting here
11:43And by the way, my renters are coming. We're taking over here. We go. Thank you for all the hospitality
11:50To continue ratcheting up the pressure i've informed the squatter that i intend to move in subletters of my own
11:59Hey, what's up flash? Hey cam. I want you to
12:03Go ahead and grab that u-haul bring it up here. I'm ready for you in here now
12:08We've gained access so i'm here for you. I'll be expecting you at the back door. Okay. All right. Bye
12:16Okay
12:17Get out of my house
12:19I'm not going anywhere
12:31Get the f**k out of my property. Oh wait look wait a minute
12:36My sister and logistics coordinator justice just arrived in a moving truck to send a message that we're really moving
12:43in
12:44Yeah, yeah
12:46Mary ellis so you all her new roommate he's coming
12:52That one probably over there
12:53Yeah
12:58All right, he's going to come in and he's going to rent this front room here by the door. Do
13:02not assault him
13:03Okay, do not touch him. Right. Oh, hey cam. Hey cam. This is our new roommate
13:09Get out of my house
13:10She has been warned not to assault or touch or anyone
13:14Get out of my face
13:15Pardon me excuse me. No back up. I don't have to back up back up back up please
13:21Should I go ahead and grab the rest of my things? Get out of my house
13:25Go get the rest of your things sir. No man bring in the boxes now. I have cam here. We've
13:29taken her
13:31solitude
13:31Her sanctuary her remote location cabin, you know, I think she's starting to get the point that we're not going
13:38anywhere
13:39She's not going to make any more money off of this house
13:41All right, give me the person they're going to move in from my house. Here's a couple of my things
13:46and we
13:47Absolutely surprised her so right now. I think she doesn't know what to do right there, buddy
13:55To put it simply we're here to out squat the squatter
13:59You got what you need right now. Okay, go ahead and make yourself at home. Okay. Hey, you guys have
14:04cable
14:05It's my understanding that this house is mine
14:08This house is
14:12Hey flash, can you ask her where the remote is?
14:15All right, thank you. I wasn't very nice
14:19Now that the squatter has retreated to her room again
14:22We're going to take the opportunity to set up security cameras in the common area
14:27Not only does this allow us to monitor the area from anywhere on the property. All right, that looks great
14:32But it also allows us to keep a record of the squatters actions. All right cam. Let's go
14:39KS
14:40Can I have a serious like civil conversation with you?
14:45What I think happened is I think you stumbled upon this property. I think you found a key
14:50I think you came in, you saw it was beautiful, and you decided to make it your home.
14:56And I want to get you to make the right decision and vacate this house.
15:03Yeah, you don't know what you're talking about.
15:04You need to just get off my property.
15:06I am the only lawful tenant, and you need to get out of my house.
15:11This is a process.
15:12It's a game.
15:13I need her to realize that this isn't going away.
15:16I'm not going away.
15:17You know what, Mary?
15:18Mary, since you're not going to come out and talk to me civilly, I think I just need to turn
15:22up the heat.
15:23I need to do things, act like the bad roommate, and let her know that the only way this is
15:28ending is if she's walking out that door.
15:31I'm going to grab the megaphone.
15:32Okay, go do that.
15:36Mary.
15:38Mary had a little squatter.
15:41Hey, squatter, can you come out and play?
15:48Turn it down.
15:51Oh, my.
15:52All right.
15:52Hey, Cam.
15:53Let's go.
15:54In the room.
15:55I want to give her the illusion that we're giving her space, total space, and maybe she'll come out of
16:01her room.
16:02And I've got the security camera up there, so we can see what she does.
16:10Oh, my God.
16:12There she is.
16:13I've got it.
16:14Okay, she's coming out.
16:16Maybe she's looking for me.
16:20I think she notices the camera.
16:23Oh, wait a minute.
16:24What'd she just grab?
16:26Oh, my God.
16:49Oh, she's frustrated.
16:52I think she's ready for me to try to talk to her again.
16:55Oh, my God.
17:01I think she's ready for me to try to talk to her again.
17:04I can see that you're visibly upset.
17:06I know you didn't expect us here to...
17:08Get out of my house!
17:09But look, we're going to be here as long as it takes.
17:12I have to get this house back.
17:14All you have to do is leave.
17:17I have a family that is distraught.
17:19I'm here until you leave.
17:27She's going to need some time by herself to reflect on what I just said.
17:32So, let's back off.
17:33Let's give her the night.
17:44Hey, Mary?
17:46Do you want to come out?
17:47Want to talk to me?
17:48No.
17:49I can talk to you right here.
17:50Okay.
17:51You think we can try to resolve this situation?
17:55Okay, I know you want me to leave.
17:57I need you to understand that the longer you're here, the longer I'm here.
18:00And the longer I'm here, I'm going to find out more information about you, where you came from, and your
18:07real name.
18:08So, I need you to truly understand that.
18:12Maybe 48 hours.
18:15Okay, I can give you 48 hours, but you need to understand that I cannot leave.
18:21I will take my crew and we will back off, but I have to maintain possession of this property.
18:26Will you sign an agreement stating that you will vacate the home in 48 hours?
18:33Yes.
18:37The squatter knew what she was doing.
18:39This was not her first rodeo.
18:46They typically know that they're going to be able to scare off anyone and keep the house.
18:53Mary?
18:53But unfortunately for her, me and my team don't scare so easy.
18:58All right, I have an agreement to vacate for you.
19:00Okay.
19:01You can just sign that and date it.
19:11Okay.
19:27Hi, Mary.
19:28Yeah.
19:28It's time.
19:29Can we help you?
19:30I can get that, but I have some stuff in that room over there.
19:32Okay.
19:33Okay.
19:34I'm going to welcome this squatter out the door today, and we're going to take over this home.
19:39Okay?
19:39Do you have anything else inside?
19:41No.
19:41Okay, it's all good.
19:42That's it.
19:52Oh, she just gave us a message.
19:56Oh, she just gave us a message.
20:09It took us two years to get her home back.
20:11Hi, Casey.
20:13Hi.
20:15I have the keys.
20:16Oh, my God.
20:17And welcome back to your home.
20:19Seriously?
20:20Absolutely.
20:20Oh, my God.
20:21This is a good day.
20:23I can't believe it.
20:24Oh, my God.
20:25I can't believe it.
20:26Absolutely.
20:27Welcome.
20:28Let's take a look.
20:29I'm in just shock and disbelief.
20:33I can't believe that this whole thing happened, and I'm so grateful to have my house back.
20:38It's a beautiful home, and it's all yours again.
20:41Wow.
20:42Thank you so much.
20:43Like, I can't, I can't believe it.
20:45This woman was a professional.
20:47She knew what she was doing.
20:48She knew all of her rights.
20:50I can tell you, she was settling in.
20:52She was making income off of your property, and she had no intention to leave.
20:57We're just so grateful to move in and finally, like, take over our own property again.
21:01So, thank you so much.
21:03Absolutely.
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