MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – As the intense heat and humidity persist throughout the Memphis metropolitan area, concerned neighbors called Action News 5 about a Memphis woman living in her car outside her home.
So, we sent a crew to check on her.
Christine Marshall told Action News 5 she hasn’t lived in her dilapidated house on South Parkway West for four years, and it fell into further disrepair after the roof recently collapsed.
Marshall’s son says his 81-year-old mom is tough, but he worries about her health and safety, especially in this heat.
“All of this,” said Antoine Hardin while gesturing at the condition of his mom’s house, “[is] the aftermath when the storms came… the wind came right around here and tore everything down. I don’t know what to do but ask the community to help.”…