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In November, Jill Koehmstedt died at the age of 36 from MRSA while living in Cascades Gateway Park.
A chronically homeless man died after an infection that had already required the amputation of one foot and leg, spread to the other. And other individuals struggling with homelessness over the past year have died in the heat, been struck by vehicles ore were on the receiving in of violence.
Anecdotally, homeless advocates say they believe the number of deaths are up significantly in 2020 and 2021. There s no way to know for sure.
Neither the state nor Marion County track homeless deaths, leaving many of the dead forgotten to everyone but the few who may have known them.
Oregon medical examiners will note when someone dies while homeless
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