‘No one should die alone in the woods’: a report on social services

Andrea Holshoy standing next to the trail that leads back to the site of her brother’s campsite and where his remains were found. Jeremy Brown/The Portager

‘No one should die alone in the woods’: a report on social services

- Wendy DiAlesandro

This article is the first in a series on gaps in Portage County’s social safety net. If you have an experience you’d like to share or solutions you’d like to share, please write to editors@theportager.com. If you are in need of emergency mental health services, call 988.

The Feb. 9 coroner’s report is brief. Remains belonging to a “John Doe” had been found in the woods by 408 Devon Place, site of University Hospitals medical facilities and a nearby Bob Evans restaurant. No trauma or suspected cause of death could be identified.

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