In this episode I speak with Colleen, who was Donny's fiance and lived with him on the street up to the night when he passed away from freezing temperatures. They were together for 12 years. We talk about how she is doing, how she met Donny, how rough it is trying to survive during the winter, and other people who have met similar fates. Colleen is living indoors now.
Colleen and Donny go way back, which I didn’t realize until talking to her. They grew up around each other until she moved away in high school to Missouri. Colleen talks about the bond they had and the difficulties of loving someone who is in addiction.
We discuss how there needs to be more done during the winter in Springfield IL to ensure that people have what they need to survive.
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