Lawyer Tim R. Fischer shines a light on a truck that he says squatters set on fire in the lower-level garage of City Councilwoman Karen Stratton's deceased aunt's home pictured on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, in Spokane, Wash. Fischer specializes in dealing with properties like Stratton's and said he has already found a buyer for the home. (Tyler Tjomsland / The Spokesman-Review)
Lawyer Tim R. Fischer, shows a cellphone image of graffiti in a different home he is working to renovate and get back on the market on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, in Spokane, Wash. (Tyler Tjomsland / The Spokesman-Review)
City Councilwoman Karen Stratton walks through her deceased aunt’s former home Nov. 7 in Spokane. She is at the end of a two-year battle getting squatters evicted from the residence. (Tyler Tjomsland / The Spokesman-Review)
City Councilwoman Karen Stratton is at the end of a two-year ordeal getting squatters evicted from her decased aunt's home, its kitchen pictured here, on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, in Spokane, Wash. (Tyler Tjomsland / The Spokesman-Review)
City Councilwoman Karen Stratton is at the end of a two-year ordeal getting squatters evicted from her decased aunt's home pictured on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, in Spokane, Wash. (Tyler Tjomsland / The Spokesman-Review)
Karen Stratton is at the end of a two-year ordeal to get squatting methheads evicted from her dead aunt's home.
Willabelle “Willy” Godfrey had always told her family she hoped another family would move into her home one day and start their own story after she died. Instead, the property succumbed to financial problems and filled with squatters.