WOULD HAVE ANOTHER IDEA, SCAMMING HER OUT OF A PLACE TO LIVE. WHAT HAPPENED TO JUNE
WALKER MADE NATIONAL HEADLINES.
THE STORY HAS A HAPPY ENDING.
OUR DEVIN SCILLIAN SHOWS US WHO
STEPPED IN TO HELP DEVIN ABOUT
ANYONE. IT WOULD BE AN
EXTRAORDINARY THING FOR A
STRANGER TO SHOW UP OUT OF THE
BLUE AND PAY OFF YOUR HOUSE FOR
YOU, BUT IT WAS MORE THAN
KINDNESS THAT WAS EXTENDED TO
JUNE WALKER GIVEN HER
CIRCUMSTANCES, IT WAS A RESCUE
FROM A SCAM THAT N TRAPS FAR TOO
MANY DETROITERS AND IT CAME
COURTESY. OF A FORMER DETROITER
WHO JUST DECIDED TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE. THIS IS JUNE
WALKER’S HOUSE, OR AT LEAST IT’S
ABOUT TO BE. SHE’S LIVED HERE
FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS AND WORKED
HER TAIL OFF TO MAKE THE
PAYMENTS ON RENT TO OWN PLAN.
WHEN I MADE THE LAST PAYMENT, I
JUST KNEW I HAD ARRIVED IN
AMERICA THE AMERICAN DREAM,
RIGHT? I GOT IT. I DIDN’T. I DID
IT LEGALLY DID IT THE RIGHT WAY
. THOUGHT TURNS OUT THE GUY WHO
SAID HE OWNED IT DIDN’T AND HE
WAS GONE WAY TOO CALM, AND IT’S
PRETTY EASY IF IN DETROIT TO
FIND A VACANT HOUSE. AND YOU
HEARD ABOUT THE CONDITION OF HER
HOUSE. YOU KNOW, CHANGE THE
LOCKS GET A KEY. FIND SOMEONE ON
THE STREET CORNER. SAY YOU NEED
SOME HOUSING. WHEN JUNE MOVED
IN, THERE WAS NO FRONT DOOR, NO
PLUMBING AND A BASEMENT FULL OF
WATER, BUT SHE SAW A HOME AND
TURNED IT INTO WHAT YOU SEE.
TODAY THE CROOK TOOK OFF AND THE
COMPANY THAT ACTUALLY OWNED THE
HOUSE SENT JUNE AN EVICTION
NOTICE. UNFAIR YOU HAVE NO IDEA
TURNED EVERYTHING AROUND. YEAH,
AND IT IT TOOK WORK. YOU KNOW,
BECAUSE I’VE BEEN HOMELESS SEVEN
TIMES IN MY LIFETIME. UM DRUG
ADDICT, 36 YEARS AND CLEAN. GET
MY KIDS BACK. WENT TO GRADUATE
SCHOOL MASTERS DEGREE IN
PARALEGAL STUDIES. YOU KNOW? SO
I’M SAYING OK, FIVE AND OUT TO
DO IT THE RIGHT WAY IS A WHOLE
LOT BETTER AND EASIER. HMM 10
MINUTE RIDE AWAY. I WAS SITTING
AT LUNCH WITH THE MAN WHO WAS
ABOUT TO CHANGE JUNE’S LIFE.
THANK YOU. SO MUCH FOR YOU COME
ACROSS JUNE WALKER AND RAN A
STORY ON THEIR WEBSITE ABOUT THE
DETROIT WOMAN LOSING HER HOUSE
TO A SCAM. NEWS CAME THAT AN
ANONYMOUS DONOR IN TEXAS HAD
READ HER STORY AND WANTED TO
MAKE IT RIGHT. HE WANTED TO PAY
THE $45,000 THE OWNER NOW WANTED
FOR THE PROPERTY. HE WAS
ANONYMOUS JUNE BUT NOT TO ME.
IT’S AMAZING, JERRY. I’M SO
PROUD OF YOU, JERRY GUM, BERT
FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS, WE WORKED
TOGETHER IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA.
THAT’S OUR SHORTLY AFTER COREY
GAVE BIRTH TO OUR DAUGHTER,
QUINN. THEN JERRY BECAME THE
HEAD OF ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S
BIGGEST TELEVISION RESEARCH AND
CONSULTING FIRMS. HE LIVES IN
TEXAS. BUT JERRY WAS BORN IN
JACKSON, MICHIGAN, AND RAISED IN
SUBURBAN DETROIT. I FEEL
THANKFUL THAT THAT I CAN GIVE
BACK TO THE CITY OF DETROIT. IN
A WAY I’VE BEEN GONE FOR 50
YEARS AND TO GIVE MISS MISS JUNE
WALKER BACK THE HOUSE THAT SHE
DESERVES AND RIGHTFULLY OWNS HIS
UM, THAT’S A ONCE IN A LIFETIME
OPPORTUNITY, AND I’M GOING TO
SEIZE IT TODAY. AND TODAY IS THE
DAY THAT THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE
HOUSE WOULD FINALLY MEET JUNE
WALKER, THE WOMAN WHO CAN TRULY
CALL IT HOME. THERE SHE IS. HE
CAN I HAVE A HUG, CAN YOU GOOD
TO MEET YOU MEET NEW. SO GLAD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
. LOVE YOU TOUR, OF COURSE OF
THE HOUSE THAT JERRY OWNED FOR
ABOUT AS LONG AS IT TOOK TO SIGN
IT OVER TO JUNE. HE READ HER
PART OF THE STORY THAT MOVED HIM
TO TEARS AS IT MOVED HIM TO ACT.
AND IT WAS HONESTLY HARD TO SEE
WHO WAS HAPPIER. JUNE OR JERRY.
HAD A REAL MOMENT I HAD TEARS
COMING DOWN MY FACE BECAUSE I
COULDN’T IMAGINE. AND WE WERE
GONNA TRY AND FUNDRAISE WHEN
THIS ANGEL COMES OUT OF NOWHERE
WITH THE MONEY. AND THAT WAS
THAT WAS WONDERFUL. YEAH, YOU
DON’T GET TO SEE VERY MANY DAYS
, SO WE DON’T WE DON’T SOMEONE
TOLD ME WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?
UH FOR A STRANGER. I MEAN, TRUE
STRANGER, AND I SAID, YOU KNOW,
STRANGERS. OUR BEST FRIENDS WERE
STRANGERS WHEN WE FIRST MET THEM
, RIGHT. AND SO I’VE JUST GOT ME
A NEW BEST FRIEND. AND THAT NEW
BEST FRIENDS GONNA GIVE ME LOVE
AND WARMTH AND HAPPINESS FOR A
LONG TIME, SO YOUR LIVES ARE NOT
TANGLED FOREVER FOREVER. YOU GET
IT ALL NOW JERRY HAD PLANNED ON
REMAINING ANONYMOUS AND I KIND
OF TALKED HIM OUT OF THAT
BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT MAYBE HE
MIGHT BE ABLE TO INSPIRE OTHERS
, AND JERRY AGREED, BECAUSE HE’S
HOPING SO TOO. SOMETIMES IF YOU
SEE A PROBLEM, YOU DON’T HAVE TO
WAIT FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO FIX IT
. I LOVE THIS STORY ON SO MANY
DIFFERENT LEVELS. I REALLY DO
AND HE IS AN ANGEL. HE IS AND IF
THAT INSPIRES ONE MORE PERSON TO
DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS,
SOMETIMES THE PROBLEM THAT’S
RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. MAYBE.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN JUST DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT. ONE THING I
HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT.
THE SCAM ARTIST? YEAH JUNE HAS
BEEN ABLE TO PICK HIM OUT OF A
PHOTO LINEUP, SO POLICE THINK
THEY KNOW WHO HE IS. THEY RIGHT
NOW DON’T KNOW WHERE HE IS, BUT
HOPEFULLY THEY’LL BE ABLE TO
FIND THIS GUY. BUT THIS IS A
PROBLEM THAT CONTINUES TO PLAGUE
DETROIT, WHERE YOU’VE GOT A LOT
OF ABANDONED HOUSES, AND IT’S
EASY FOR SOMEBODY TO JUST LIKE
SHE SAID. SHE WAS DOING
EVERYTHING THE RIGHT WAY
FOLLOWING THE RULES KIND OF THE
WORST KIND OF CRIME. BUT THE
NICEST KIND OF IF THEY CATCH
HIM. THAT’S A PERFECT STORY TO
YEAH, WE’LL WORK ON THAT EVENING
TO DO WE HAVE TO GO ON WITH THIS