A California mayor penned a bizarre letter to a local paper admitting to embezzling funds from her church and attempting suicide on her birthday last month over her all-consuming guilt — and has since been placed under criminal investigation.

South Lake Tahoe Mayor Tamara Wallace submitted a letter to the Tahoe Daily Tribune on Sunday, writing that she “took funds from the Presbyterian Church over an extended period,” while serving as an administrator, according to the outlet. 4

“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 wrote in the stunning letter of admission.

“It was only by the grace of God that I f

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