In a long letter sent to multiple Northern California media outlets, the mayor of South Lake Tahoe said she attempted suicide because of the guilt and shame she felt from embezzling funds from a local Presbyterian church.

“This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do. I am publicly admitting that I took funds from the Presbyterian Church over an extended period,” Mayor Tamara Wallace wrote in an Oct. 6 letter published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune. “Because of this, on September 11, 2025, my birthday, I tried to end my life. I was so filled with guilt, shame, and grief that I experienced a mental health crisis that made suicide seem to be the best solution.”

Wallace, who reportedly wrote the letter from a residential mental health facility she checked herself into after the suicide atte

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