MADISON, Wi. - Area award-winning sales and real estate agent Deborah Wilcox never loses a sale - even if death stands in the way.
"I've sold over four houses this week alone," Wilcox brags - and with good reason. Her sales numbers at the Century 21 Real Estate Agency are "a-one", according to her supervisor, Bill Siphington.
"[Wilcox] is our top seller," Siphington reports, and that's why Wilcox won't let a "little thing like a murder" stop her from selling a property.
Wilcox, who ran a thirty-word ad in last week's Louisville Criterion classified circular, said that the "charming" three-bedroom Cape Cod with a remondeled eat-in kitchen is a "must see" that boasts a large, well-manicured property.
"It was even featured in the April 16, 1999 issue of the Home News! " Wilcox tells potential buyers excitedly, omitting that the article actually reported on the gruesome and terrifyingly sadistic murder of 26 year-old John Matthews that took place on the property.
Wilcox begrudgingly admits that the house had "a little setback in 1999...but that shouldn't stop [buyers] from starting a home of [their] dreams."
"In fact, you could look at it like a little piece of history - how fun!" Wilcox adds, hoping that her potential buyers will focus on the "breathtaking" stainless steel kitchen appliances and not on the woodshed in the backyard where police found Matthews' horribly decomposed corpse.
Interested buyers can call Wilcox on her direct line at the Louisville Cenrury 21 real estate agency at (800) 777-1222 extension 316.
