GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Down a snow-packed trail on Grand Rapids’ West Side, around the corner and up against a fence, there’s a small tent. It’s covered in snow and not visible from the street.
On Thursday night, in temperatures that dipped below zero, a 57-year-old woman slept there.
Kiel Hamlet, from the Servants Center’s homeless outreach program, spotted the tent — maybe 4 by 6 feet — off Wealthy Street SW on Thursday night. He checked it. It appeared lived in, he said, but nobody was home.
On Friday morning, Target 8 saw a fresh set of small footprints in the snow that led away from the tent headed north toward Wealthy Street. The tent was unoccupied.
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Two hours later, it was still below zero. A new set of footprints was headed toward the tent…