Mobile user’s trash and deleted desktop items keep coming back

I have a synchronized mobile user (Home directory on Xserve synced with a local Home) that cannot get rid of trashed items... each time she logs back in there is an extensive re-sync and everything on her desktop that was trashed comes back. This ossurs if you choose "Home Local" or "Network Home" as the primary source. It also occurs on a different system with her account. I went into the account and manually removed a folder that kept coming back and it stayed dead. but if I try this on any system logged in as her, the deleted item will come back. I looked at her account and it seems no different from her fellow users. Note that I recently inherited the existing setup here and am a serious OD n00b.