The following is a press release issued by the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office:
On 06-26-2024 at approximately 12:55 P.M., Deputies from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office were in the area of Ackerman Creek (east of the 2200 block of North State Street) in Ukiah conducting an investigation regarding the theft of a bicycle from a nearby home.
During their investigation, Deputies attempted to speak with a female who appeared to be sleeping in a tent. When the female did not respond to them, the Deputies investigated further and found the female to be deceased.
Based on evidence located at the scene, the cause of death is suspected to be the result of a drug overdose. The final cause and manner of death is pending an autopsy and toxicology reports.
The decedent was identified as 35-year-old Elizabeth Dockins who was believed to be a transient from the Ukiah, CA area. As a part of this coroner’s investigation, the legal next-of-kin for Dockins was notified.
???Heartfelt condolences to her family. This is very sad news and I’m praying for her loved ones tonight. ???
When you hit this stage of addiction there’s no recovery. This is how it ends, just a matter of time. Thankfully with the Supreme Court decision we can start cleaning these encampments out of our county.
Have some compassion! Nobody is born with this kind of life goal. Most often times there is a traumatic event or mental health issues at play. A human life was lost. She was in pain. Now her family suffers. There’s nothing to be thankful for.
@BE….Kind,
?Amen! Thank you!
yes, it is so much more complicated than people know. Many women are escaping domestic violence and shelters are full. Almost all homeless shelters have converted to programs that can accept smaller numbers than an overnight shelter and homeless are abandoned to the streets.
@BE,
You’re gravely mistaken! Many people have conquered addiction. I am one of those people.
I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me!
Phillipians 4:13 KJV
@Local
What is there to be mistaken about? Yes, many people have conquered addiction but most people haven’t. So many people don’t have an outlet, don’t have faith, don’t have family, are mentally incapable of getting help or don’t know how to get help, or frankly just don’t know what to do. Mendocino County does not have a lot of mental health services and we need it so badly. This woman did not want to die, did not want this life for herself, but here we are.
@local I see you were replying to the above comment. Yes they are mistaken that you can never recover. Because yes you can!
Leecee was my son’s first girlfriend way way way back when we all lived in Willits. I think she was five or six and my son was six or seven. Stephanie, I’m so sorry. I can’t even imagine.
Not true I was homeless in Ukiah for 8 years and was also in fentanyl. My daughter came and saved my live by taking me back home with her. I have been clean every the day I left!! By the grace of God! It is a horrible epidemic and I know that if I don’t have the support and love of my daughter I would probably be dead myself because it’s hard to love yourself enough without the support to even want to quit! However RECOVER IS POSSIBLE SO DONR GIVE UP HOPE!!
Finland eliminated homelessness and reducing addiction dramatically. How? 1-By building housing and realizing if most addicts alcohol or drugs find it next to impossible when they have homes and families, how do they expect unhoused, non supportive people to kick it… It worked, and worked well. Chasing them around and disenfranchising them further, giving them even less reason to trust connection is cruel, and doesn’t work.
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BE, these aren’t encampments, they’re people in trouble with little to no compassion or help from the community. It’s so much easier to relegate them to less than human with no possibility for redemption. It takes the guilt away to stereotype people rather than face the fact that we’ve dropped the ball. People are suffering and dying and you’re talking, not about helping them, but about “cleaning these encampments out of our county.”