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Athens homeless man may have froze to death

By Joe Johnson

A 22-year-old man apparently froze to deathTuesday night at homeless encampment off Old Hull Road.

Dequavious Ragsdale reportedly showed up at the camp a few days earlier needing somewhere to stay and one of the residents offered to share his tent,

The resident called 911 at 7:25 am Wednesday to report that his guest wasn’t breathing and hadn’t moved for some time.

Emergency responders confirmed that Ragsdale was deceased and made a preliminary determination that drugs and sub-freezing weather were contributing factors.

“It appears he may have used fentanyl and then succumbed to the environmental conditions,” a police officer stated in a report,

An autopsy is to be performed at the state medical examiner’s office.

Temporary Sheltering Resources

Temporary Pop-Up Warming Site at Multimodal Transportation Center (Jan. 26-27 & 27-28)

  • Monday, January 26, 5:00 PM - Tuesday, January 27, 9:00 AM, and Tuesday, January 27, 5:00 PM - Wednesday, January 28, 9:00 AM

  • Services: Inside lobby area with warming resources and donated goods distribution. This site does not offer overnight sleeping space

  • 706-613-3430 / 775 East Broad Street (Hickory Street Extension), Athens, GA 30601

  • www.accgov.com/transit

General Shelters / Services Information

Bigger Vision of Athens

Salvation Army

Athens Area Homeless Shelter

Family Promise of Athens

The Sparrow’s Nest

Advantage Homeless Day Service Center












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