>> Anchor: ABDOMEN TENANT IN
SERIOUS NEED OF HELP.
>> Anchor: I DON'T KNOW WHAT
TO DO.
>> Anchor: CEILING IN RENTAL
PROPERTY COLLAPSED.
PROPERTY MANAGER VANISHED.
HELP ME HANK TRACKED HER DOWN
JUVONE HUGE SECRET YOU HAVE NOT
TOLD ANYONE ABOUT.
NONE OF THESE NEIGHBORS KNOW.
>> Anchor: SECRET SHE WAS
ACTION.
>> TONIGHT A STORY ABOUT A LOCAL
WOMAN IN NEED OF HELP.
AND PROPERTY MANAGER, CITY SAID,
FAILED TO DO HER JOB.
>> AND ALSO THE CONFRONTATION
INVESTIGATION.
OUR CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR HANK
WINCHESTER HAS THE STORY.
>> Reporter: YOU CAN RUN, BUT
YOU CANNOT HIDE.
CALL.
THE WOMAN WE ARE ALL LOOKING
FOR, SHARON THOMPSON.
AND IN A MOMENT YOU WILL FIND
OUT WHY.
RIGHT NOW, MEET DEBRA MUCKKEL A
TENANT IN A HOME MANAGED BY
THOMPSON.
SOMETHING CRACK.
>> Reporter: DEBRA RENTS A
EASTPOINTE HOME, HOME THE CITY
RECENTLY DEEMED UNLIVEABLE.
>> WHEN IT FELL IT WAS SO WET.
>> Reporter: CEILING COLLAPSED
RIGHT ON HER.
SHE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL.
SUFFERING A CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
>> Reporter: DEBRA CALLED HER
PROPERTY MANAGER, SHARON
THOMPSON WITH WORLD KEY PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT.
DEBRA SAID WORKERS CAME TO LOOK
AT THE MESS AND THEN.
>> HE SAID WE HAVE TO GO TO
NEVER CAME BACK.
>> Reporter: I CALLED THE
EASTPOINTE.
WHEN YOU WALK INTO THIS HOUSE,
YOU SEE THAT, YOU KNOW THE
PROBLEMS YOU HAVE HAD TRYING TO
GET IN TOUCH WITH THIS PROPERTY
MANAGER.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU?
>> IT IS CRIMINAL THEY TAKE ON
THIS BE KIND OF JOB AND DO NOT
RESIDENT.
>> WE HAVE A PROPERTY MANAGER
HERE THAT IS NOT TAKING CARE OF
THE PROBLEMS THAT AOCCUR AND WE
JAPAN.
>> Reporter: CITY OF
EASTPOINTE TELLING ME THEY HAVE
HAD PREVIOUS RUN-INS WITH RENTAL
COMPANY AND SHARON THOMPSON AND
THIS HOME.
PROBLEMS REVEALED DURING
INSPECTION LAST YEAR N AUGUST
ACCORDING TO THE CITY, THOMPSON
PLED GUILTY FOR FAILURE TO
PROPERTY.
THE CITY SAID THEY HAVE HAD
TROUBLE TRACKING DOWN THOMPSON.
WE DID SOME DIGGING AND
ACCORDING TO STATE RECORDS THIS
TOWNHOUSE IN LIVONIA, MOST
CURRENT ADDRESS.
FOR LEASE.
AND THEN WE DID SOME MORE
DIGGING AND DISCOVERED A BIG
PROBLEM.
SHARON THOMPSON ONE TIME
PROPERTY MANAGER IS ALSO SHARON
OFFENDER.
AND POLICE HAD NO IDEA THAT
THOMPSON HAD MOVED FROM LIVONIA
AND SPENDING TIME HERE AT THIS
HOME IN ST. CLAIR SHORES.
RUNNING.
>> YOU HAVE NOT TOLD THE POLICE
YOU LIVE HERE.
>> I DON'T LIVE HERE.
>> YOU DON'T?
>> YES.
>> WHY IS THAT HOUSE VACANT.
>> BECAUSE I AM IMPROVING HOUSE
IS VACANT MA'AM.
IF YOU DO NOT ANSWER THE DOOR I
AM CALLING POLICE.
>> Reporter: WHILE WAITING FOR
POLICE, FRONT DOOR OPENED A BIT.
>> THIS HOME ON WILSON STREET.
YOU ARE THE PROPERTY MANAGER OF
THAT HOUSE.
>> I AM NOT THERE.
>> Reporter: THOMPSON CLAIMS
PROPERTY.
BUT ACCORDING TO CITY SHE IS THE
PROPERTY MANAGER AND REMEMBER,
JUST WEEKS AGO, PAID A FINE FOR
FAILING TO REGISTER THIS
PROPERTY AS A RENTAL.
>> WHAT YOU DID TO THIS TENANT
IS NOT RIGHT.
THIS WOMAN SHOULD NOT BE LIVING
IN THESE CONDITIONS.
>> I DIDN'T.
>> YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO
REPAIR IT.
YOU DID NOTHING TO HELP HER.
>> WHEN IT GOES TO COURT I WILL
EXPLAIN EVERYTHING.
>> COURT DATE SET AT THE END OF
THE MONTH.
POLICE ARRIVED LOOKING FOR
THOMPSON BUT SHE LEFT AFTER WE
DROVE AWAY.
TODAY SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY HAS
BEEN UPDATED WITH A BRAND NEW
ADDRESS FOR SHARON THOMPSON.
AND WE WILL BE IN COURT WHEN
MONTH.
MANY WANT TO KNOW HOW DEBRA THE
TENANT IS DOING?
TOMORROW ON LOCAL 4 AT 5:00 YOU
WILL SEE HOW SHE IS DOING TODAY
AND LEARN HOW THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO HELP
HER IN HER TIME OF NEED.
I AM HANK WINCHESTER.
HELP ME HANK.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THINGS.