Oregon Woman Who Died Homeless Had Nearly $900K Held for Her by State: Money Was Just Sitting There
On 6/5/21 at 1:55 PM EDT
A woman living on the streets of Astoria, Oregon, had passed away in January 2020 without knowing that the state had over $800,000 of her unclaimed money waiting for her, KGW reported.
Cathy Boone, 49, was a regular at the Astoria Warming Shelter. She had friends who told KGW that, like all who live homeless in harsh environments, Boone struggled to survive, but she was generally a happy person.
Boone moved from Portland to Astoria, a town on the Oregon coast, to be with her mother before the latter passed away in 2016. According to court records, an attorney and personal representative assigned to her mother s estate tried to find Boone but failed to reach her.