According to the City of Reno and Washoe County, there are 604 homeless individuals officially living in the area, and over 120 million dollars are needed to house them.
The money is reportedly needed to care for these individuals, to keep them sheltered, warm, fed, clean and safe. However, at about 1:30 a.m. on Tue., Jun. 7, the body of a third alleged homeless person was discovered near the Truckee River, with the other three located in the water.
Just before 3 p.m. on Tue., May 23, Loren Nichols, 49, was found in the Truckee, then Marco Moran, 32, was found in the river at around 8:45 p.m. on Friday, Jun. 2. Then at around 10:30 a.m. on Sat., Jun. 3 a third body was removed from the river.
Sparks Police say only Moran’s death appears suspicious. The Washoe County Medical Examiner’s office is waiting for a toxicology report from an autopsy of his body.
It is an odd way to keep someone safe by being found drowned in a snow-run-off swollen icy-cold river. And further, no financial or security records are available from either Washoe or Reno.
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