Judge halts Burlington home foreclosure sale after remains found inside

Jul. 8—BURLINGTON — The judge overseeing the foreclosure of a home in Burlington where three sets of human remains were found last month called off the sale and transfer of the deed "pending further developments regarding the remains found," according to the judge's order.

Judge Joseph M. Shortall's order, issued Wednesday, comes days after the lawyer for the winning bidder, Edward A. Marchion of Newington, asked the court to reopen the judgement after a title insurance company raised doubt on whether the foreclosure was legally defective.

The judge's one-sentence decision didn't address the questions raised by the attorney.

On June 14, three bodies were found inside the secluded home on Stanwich Lane by the new homeowner who won a bid for the property during a foreclosure auction on June 6, the attorney said.

The home was owned by Paul and Sally Cash. They purchased the home in September 2019 for $535,000, according to town records. The couple took out a $385,000 mortgage on the property, according to town land records.

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Court records indicate no $3,255 mortgage payment was made since December 2024.

Court records show a foreclosure was recorded on the property on Aug. 6, 2025.

The state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner announced June 22 that two sets of remains, Sally Ann Cash, 54, and her son, Brian Cash, 22, had been identified, and that a third set is still being tested for DNA. The cause and manner of all three deaths are still pending. \

Marchion's attorney, John C. Lewis III, said consultations with Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company determined the foreclosure may be legally defective depending on when the property owners died.

Presuming the third body is Paul Cash, if they died before the foreclosure was recorded, their heirs, the probate court, the Connecticut Department of Revenue and the Connecticut Attorney General's Office should have been named in the foreclosure action, Lewis argued.

Lewis asked that the closing date be suspended until the completion of the Connecticut State Police investigation "so that it may be determined whether the foreclosure action is valid or defective."

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