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Family of woman run over by lawn mower at Modesto park calls for investigation into her death
KCRA ^ | 7/13/2023 | By Lee Anne Denyer

Posted on 07/16/2023 7:32:25 AM PDT by NohSpinZone

The father of Christine Chavez, 27, of Modesto, believes her death was preventable.

Christopher Chavez said that while his daughter often came by his home, his daughter was homeless and often slept outside during the daytime.

A spokesperson for the Modesto Police Department said that on Saturday around noon, a landscaper was cutting the grass at Beard Brook Park on a tractor with a pull behind mower when he saw a body in the grass that he had already passed through.

“We’re going to try everything to get justice,” Christopher said.

Gallo acquired the Beard Brook Park —where the body was — property on July 7.

A spokesperson for the company said a landscaping contractor was hired to perform weed abatement and fire prevention services. She called the incident an accident and said the “individual who was not visible and laying in a tall, weeded area.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: homeless; lawnmower; modesto; park; vagrant
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Terrible accident for sure. I feel bad for the woman and the lawn service guy. Funny though how the family comes out of the woodwork with concerns for their homeless relative after she's gone. 🤔
1 posted on 07/16/2023 7:32:25 AM PDT by NohSpinZone
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To: NohSpinZone

$$$$$$


2 posted on 07/16/2023 7:33:56 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not a government. It's a criminal enterprise. Fear it, but do not respect it.)
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To: NohSpinZone

I highly doubt some lawn guy wanted to kill a woman with his lawnmower.


3 posted on 07/16/2023 7:33:57 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: NohSpinZone

i was thinking the same thing. They dont care that shes homeless and sleeping on the grass but all of a sudden they care when she’s killed.

perhaps she was trying for the 2023 Rachel Corrie award?


4 posted on 07/16/2023 7:34:43 AM PDT by Jaysin (Trump can’t be beat, unless the democrats cheat)
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To: NohSpinZone

Also, if he was concerned about her, why was she homeless?


5 posted on 07/16/2023 7:34:49 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: NohSpinZone

Justice? She was asleep in the tall grass and got run over by a bush hog. An unfortunate accident, but hardly deserving of “justice”.


6 posted on 07/16/2023 7:35:50 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: NohSpinZone

She was asleep in tall grass/weeds, during the day? Druggie most likely.
You lay down in tall grass and weeds in Texas, you’ll only do it once. The chiggers don’t take kindly to interlopers! 😫


7 posted on 07/16/2023 7:37:13 AM PDT by 9422WMR
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To: NohSpinZone

Flash for homeless people: the world is not your mattress. Or sofa. Or toilet. (Some things just shouldn’t need to be said.)


8 posted on 07/16/2023 7:38:05 AM PDT by Spok (“I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!”)
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To: 9422WMR

It’s always about race with you freepers


9 posted on 07/16/2023 7:40:32 AM PDT by al baby (Sarcasm )
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To: NohSpinZone

if they were that concerned about her why did n’t she live with them?


10 posted on 07/16/2023 7:42:03 AM PDT by ronniesgal (friends don't let friends be Kardashians)
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To: 9422WMR

She must have been passed clean out. Tractors and brush hogs/shredders are not exactly quiet.


11 posted on 07/16/2023 7:43:53 AM PDT by waterhill (I Believe!)
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To: al baby

It’s all about race? What did I say about race?


12 posted on 07/16/2023 7:44:05 AM PDT by 9422WMR
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To: al baby

Who said anything about raCe


13 posted on 07/16/2023 7:46:48 AM PDT by Rj Snows (Some years back Sacramento area used to be the capital of tomatoes)
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To: 9422WMR

[You lay down in tall grass and weeds in Texas, you’ll only do it once. The chiggers don’t take kindly to interlopers! 😫]


I’d beg to differ. Chiggers love interlopers - anything with blood flowing through them. It’s hard to love them back, though. While it would be nice to love them long time with a napalm strike, it’s hard to explain the patches of brown on your front lawn to the neighbors. Gets the HOA riled up.


14 posted on 07/16/2023 7:48:00 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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my guess is passed out (or already dead) - not sleeping - nobody ‘sleeps’ thru an approaching lawn mover - especially the kind big enough to run over a body and not know it.

I do *a lot* of mowing with big equipment - they are loud - nobody ‘sleeps’ thru that.


15 posted on 07/16/2023 7:48:03 AM PDT by qwerty1234
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Funny though how the family comes out of the woodwork with concerns for their homeless relative after she's gone.

It always happens when they think they’ve won the tragedy lottery. Too bad that concern wasn’t extended toward her homelessness.

16 posted on 07/16/2023 7:48:18 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (Ephesians 6:10 - 18)
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Took me a sec, too

He was making a joke about your reference to bugs

Threw me for a second - ya have to dig into his comments some time to see where he was going


17 posted on 07/16/2023 7:49:18 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: NohSpinZone

Family just got a winning ticket to the ghetto lottery.


18 posted on 07/16/2023 7:49:40 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: al baby

[It’s always about race with you freepers]


I see what you did there. I like it.


19 posted on 07/16/2023 7:49:53 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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“Funny though how the family comes out of the woodwork with concerns for their homeless relative after she’s gone.”

Yep, zero damages from me. If she was important to them, they would have made sure she had housing.


20 posted on 07/16/2023 7:51:50 AM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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