mrusajapan
03-15-2008, 10:28 PM
I am working with a real estate agent and am interested in submitting an offer for a home for sale, where a horrific murder took place. One of the owners was shot multiple times and died in the home. The home is being offered for sale by the surviving spouse and is being listed through a national real estate firm. My question is that, what would happen to me if I were to buy this home and at a later date the surviving spouse were to be arrested by local law enforcement for the murder of his/her spouse? Could immediate relatives of the deceased file legal action to void the sale of the real estate transaction, leaving me and my family out of the home and out of all the money I paid for the home? In addition, would title insurance protect me in this situation?