LAS VEGAS -- Family members said the devastation of foreclosure drove one Valley couple to murder-suicide.

Police discovered the bodies of Jeff Lingle, 38, and Teresa Mullis, 45, Monday in the desert near Interstate 215 and Losee Road.

Family members are sharing their story as a warning to others who are financially struggling.

They said the couple were evicted from their home in June.

But they said things started going downhill for the two long before that.

“Three years ago, she had a nice house, nice car, nice everything,” said Mullis’ son, Raymond Dutra.

Dutra, 21, said he wants everyone to know his mother's story.

Police said Mullis and her husband were found dead Monday, and family members said the couple left two suicide notes.

“There was a map at the house where they could be found and a letter in the truck blaming it on the foreclosure and swearing they would die together,” Dutra said.

Dutra said he is angry, and he believes his mother would still be alive if she left Lingle, instead of staying with him for nearly a decade.

“I've never had a good relationship with him. I've always told my mom to leave him. Me and him used to get into fistfights in the street,” Dutra said.

Family members said the couple had been struggling for about three years. They said Mullis lost her job and became addicted to painkillers, and the foreclosure was the biggest blow.

“I guess she couldn't take the pain. She couldn't take it. She told my sister, myself, my dad that she was in a lot of, lot of pain. She couldn't bear it,” said Mullis’ sister, Lupita Munoz.

And now, the ones she left behind said they are hurting.

“She was a very good sister. We love her very much,” Munoz said.

Her parents, brothers, sisters and three sons said Mullis will be missed, and there's nothing that will ever justify her tragic ending.

“She thought nobody loved her. She really did. She thought no one loved her. And as you can see, everyone loved her,” Dutra said.

Family members stopped by the coroner's office on Thursday to identify Mullis' body. They said they plan to bury her in San Diego.

Detectives are investigating the case as a murder-suicide.