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‘We need to do more’: Utah vigil honors 80 who died in 2025 while homeless
Heidi Barr. Hoi ‘Holly’ Xuan. Anjala Evans. Jose Hernandez. As he read their names aloud Thursday night in front of a somber crowd illuminated by candlelight, Herbert Elliot — co-chair of the consumer advisory board for the Fourth Street Clinic, which provides health care for the homeless in Salt Lake City — dropped a small stone into a glass jar for each name. Clink. Clink. Clink. By the end of the list, about 80 stones filled the jar. That’s how many known people died in 2025 while experiencing homelessness or having been homeless. There is likely more. Thursday’s vigil ...
