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16-07-2023, 03:15 PM
Alex Woodward
Sun, 16 July 2023 at 2:04 am SGT
Police in Modesto, California are investigating the death of a 27-year-old woman whose body was discovered after a landscaping contractor hired to clear grass in a park had passed through the area with a lawnmower tractor.
A landscaper at Beard Brook Park found the body of Christine Chavez on 8 July after cutting through grass with a pull-behind mower connected to a John Deere tractor
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Chavez was experiencing homelessness and would often sleep in the park during the daytime when it was safest, according to her family and homeless advocacy groups who are seeking answers in the wake of her death.
The 12-acre Break Brook Park was recently acquired by neighboring E&J Gallo Winery, which moved ownership of the park from a public space to private land. That transfer was completed one day before Chavez was found.
The park also was once an authorised camping site for people experiencing homelessness in the area.
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Chavez’s death is the second within recent years involving crews cleaning out areas where homeless people in Modesto have resided.
In August 2018, a Caltrans employee clearing an encampment crushed 32-year-old Shannon Bigley to death with heavy machinery while she was sleeping.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world...75962.html
Sun, 16 July 2023 at 2:04 am SGT
Police in Modesto, California are investigating the death of a 27-year-old woman whose body was discovered after a landscaping contractor hired to clear grass in a park had passed through the area with a lawnmower tractor.
A landscaper at Beard Brook Park found the body of Christine Chavez on 8 July after cutting through grass with a pull-behind mower connected to a John Deere tractor
......
Chavez was experiencing homelessness and would often sleep in the park during the daytime when it was safest, according to her family and homeless advocacy groups who are seeking answers in the wake of her death.
The 12-acre Break Brook Park was recently acquired by neighboring E&J Gallo Winery, which moved ownership of the park from a public space to private land. That transfer was completed one day before Chavez was found.
The park also was once an authorised camping site for people experiencing homelessness in the area.
......
Chavez’s death is the second within recent years involving crews cleaning out areas where homeless people in Modesto have resided.
In August 2018, a Caltrans employee clearing an encampment crushed 32-year-old Shannon Bigley to death with heavy machinery while she was sleeping.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world...75962.html
