ST. LOUIS – City officials announced that an unhoused individual was found deceased in St. Louis Tuesday morning.
According to the office of Mayor Tishaura Jones, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and EMS responded to a call on Clark Avenue, where they found the unhoused woman.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The office stated that foul play was not suspected, but an official cause of death will be determined by a medical examiner.
A statement released Tuesday reads, in part:
“Our thoughts are with her and her loved ones…Last night, excess City-funded beds were available to accommodate unhoused individuals, and the City of St. Louis Department of Human Services and shelter providers will continue to work together to ensure that we can fill as many inclement weather shelter beds as possible in the days ahead.”
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