Disabled family without home after mixup

a disabled artesia family bought a home more than a year ago. tonight -- the family still doesn't...  More »

a disabled artesia family bought a home more than a year ago. tonight -- the family still doesn't have the home.... nor the tens-of-thousands of dollars it already paid for it. joe bartels talked with family members today... they say they're a victim of someone else's financial hardship. the murphy family doesn't know what to do after the mobile home they received wasn't the home they purchased. the manufacturer said it would replace the home. but then things got complicated. "shocked, unbelievable, why is this happening? just all the things that go through your mind when you feel your world is falling apart." this is the empty lot where shirley murphy's brothers new home was suppose to be. "you know, we had all these expectations for him and minute thumbnail 06:09 pm now... he's homeless." shirley murphy -- disabled herself -- has been taking care of her brother larry since he was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder. a year ago she bought a new mobile home for her brother from a ruidoso salesman for about $45,000 -- but was sent the wrong model. it didn't have a master bathroom. "that's not like having the wrong carpet, or wrong color appliance, they had to take the home back." the manufacturer said it would deliver the correct model home -- but it never showed up. when murphy contacted the company she was told the correct home wouldn't arrive until she paid in full. murphy says she was told the dealer she bought the home from -- chuck mitchell -- only paid half of the forty-five thousand dollars to the builder. she says the other half of the money never made it because mitchell went out of business. "i filed a complaint with the mobile home commission, they investigated and pulled his bond." even though she minute thumbnail 06:10 pm filed a complaint against mitchell-- she wants the home builder to help clean up the mess. "thacompany needs to do right by us, provide us with a home and out of pocket expenses." we left several messages for chuck mitchell -- who now lives in albuquerque -- and stopped by his home -- but haven't heard back from him. reporting in roswell, joe bartels, eye witness news four.//  « Less