Months after a fire tore through The Cooper apartment complex in Fort Worth, former resident Christina Engel has found herself in a tug-of-war over her belongings, which she says are largely intact despite earlier claims of extensive damage. According to a WFAA report, Engel climbed the fence surrounding the complex to inspect her apartment and found it undamaged, contrasting what property managers had told her.
Engel, who captured her discovery on her cell phone, noted that her bedroom appeared untouched, with “no smoke, no water damage. There’s no mold,” she said. Despite her unit being classified as a “red unit” due to alleged mold contamination, she now faces the limitation of being able to retrieve only four boxes of possessions. “How do I put my life, and my son’s life, in a box. Four boxes?” she lamented in the WFAA interview.
However, not all was as it appeared. Several valuable items were missing from Engel’s apartment, including a safe containing her gun and personal documents, along with two laptops. “God forbid something happens to them, I have nothing. I have nothing,” she said regarding her two adult sons who serve in the military and the irreplaceable family mementos connected to them. Engel has now joined others in a lawsuit against the property, as reported by WFAA…