Pasadena woman kills self rather than lose home

Reporter Emma Gallegos tells the re-write desk that Wanda Dunn, 53, passed out her clothes to neighbors before taking her life and burning her house down. Dunn was reportedly facing foreclosure.

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A Pasadena woman distraught over the pending foreclosure of her home may have lit her house on fire and killed herself, police said.

Neighbors reported smoke coming from a home in the 1000 block of North Wilson Avenue shortly before 5 a.m. Monday morning. Firefighters arrived and found Wanda Dunn, 53, in her bed suffering from a gunshot wound.

"Some of the neighbors said she was going to be evicted this weekend," said Lt. John Dewar, the detective investigating the case. "We're looking at this as possibly a reason this tragedy occurred."