Homeless in Sacramento: A death on the streets

http://media.sacbee.com/static/sinclair/Genny/index.html

Recommended by a friend, who knew Genny, as an acquaintance.

"Reporter Cynthia Hubert, who writes about both mental illness and homelessness for The Bee, began piecing together Genevieve Lucchesi’s story in February, after learning that her body lay unclaimed for weeks in the county morgue. She tracked down Genevieve’s relatives, some of whom had not spoken to her in decades, and used public records and family memories to reconstruct her early life. For descriptions of Genevieve’s life on the streets, Hubert interviewed dozens of people who fed, clothed and fought to protect her for the better part of 20 years."

In the same vein as this story, "The Lonely Death of George Bell", featured in the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/18/nyregion/dying-alone-in-new-york-city.html