As Anchorage prepares for temperatures to drop this week, the number of people who have died outdoors — 43 — has extended the single-year record for Anchorage.
Forty-three people have died outdoors in Anchorage this year, according to data from the Anchorage Police Department. It’s a mark that stands alone for Anchorage statistics, although the department’s numbers are limited to just the last decade or so.Police identified all deaths and reported “next-of-kin notification procedures have been completed” in all but one case.
The most recent death happened on Oct. 9 near East Third Avenue and Gambell Street. Police say they found 19-year-old Tyleah Maddox-Livengood unresponsive, and she was later pronounced dead.page associated with the same name shows a young person with braids and a blue uniform with the words “CHALLENGE” on the front pocket. The page, organized by a family member, says “My family doesn’t come from much, but we’re trying everything we can to give Tyleah the goodbye she deserves.
She said the list has a total of 600 names, meaning more than 200 individuals likely won’t get a hotel bed. “The implications are deadly and unconscionable,” the ACLU of Alaska wrote in an email. “Forty-three Alaskans have died outdoors so far this year. And the burden for the failure to protect public safety falls on neighborhoods and community resources to meet the direct and most basic needs of our unhoused neighbors.”in the old Solid Waste Services administrative building located off East 56th Avenue in about a week that will have a maximum of 150 beds.
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