... I decided to look at Sheriff-Coroner reports and other sources for answers of my own. Searches for information on some of the dead came up empty. One individual was identified only by his first name: Shawn. In the end, I found official causes of death for 19 of the 27 people. Three reports, including Freedom’s, are still pending. But even without everyone accounted for, a mosaic of the lost began to come together.
To read the stories of the homeless who died in Santa Barbara during 2009, see Recounting the Lost A Close Look at the 27 Homeless Who Passed Away in 2009 by Isabelle T. Walker, April 15, 2010.
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