Advocates link San Jose woman’s death to encampment sweep

SAN JOSE, Calif. Advocates for the unhoused in San Jose believe the death of a woman is directly related to her recent removal from an encampment.

Victim was inside marked crosswalk

What we know:She was killed crossing the street — a street which advocates say she would have never been on had she not been forced to move. She was inside a marked crosswalk.

Family and friends say 60-year-old Susie Beouchan spent most of her adult life on the streets.

She was hit while in a marked crosswalk in the early hours of June 28 and died on July 4 in the hospital.

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