CLEVELAND — Daughter Tangie Harris couldn't believe it: how could her mother sign a document and sell the family in 2025— when she died in 2014?

Harris' mother, Priscilla Harris Norris, lived on East 114th Street for years, and is among several in Northeast Ohio whose signature has been forged in notarized deed documents over the past several years. In this case, the home was gifted to a company called "Happy Home Hunters, LLC."

A quitclaim deed, as it's called, is a simple legal document often used to transfer property between family members or in a divorce.

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Over the last year, News 5 has repeatedly told you about the rise of property theft, where documents are forged and properties are sold and sold again without the owner’s knowledge.

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