<p>A homeless woman was found dead in a 12-acre California park last weekend after a local landscaper called authorities minutes after fatally mowing over her while she slept in overgrown vegetation.</p>
<p>Christine Chavez, 27, was pronounced dead July 8 at Beard Brook Park in Modesto, California, by local police, who said an unidentified employee with Grover Landscape Services, Inc. driving a John Deere tractor with a pull-behind mower accidentally ran over her while cutting the grass.</p>
<p>Modesto Police Department spokeswoman Sharon Bear told the Modesto Bee that the crew member was working in the park when he &#8220;noticed a body in the grass he had already made a pass through,&#8221; adding it was unknown if the landscaper involved in the &#8220;terrible accident&#8221; did not see the woman sleeping in the field without a tent.</p>
<p>Police reportedly completed an investigation stating it appears to have been an accident, and no charges have been filed.</p>
<p>Members of Chavez&#8217;s family described the area where Chavez died as parched with overgrown weeds that reached just below knee level.</p>
<p>Her father, Christopher Chavez, said he recovered &#8220;many pieces&#8221; of his daughter&#8217;s body from the park. He told <a href="https://fox40.com/news/local-news/modesto/unhoused-woman-killed-landscaping-equipment-modesto/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC10</a> that law enforcement &#8220;didn&#8217;t pick up everything.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I went there, and I still have pieces of bones — like pieces of her skull and some teeth,&#8221; Chavez told <a href="https://www.modbee.com/news/local/article277303628.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Modesto Bee</a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s terrible.&#8221;</p>
<p>Grover Landscaping Services told <a href="https://fox40.com/news/local-news/modesto/unhoused-woman-killed-landscaping-equipment-modesto/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox 40</a> the company fully cooperated with law enforcement authorities during the investigation.</p>
<p>&#8220;In a dry, overgrown area, our operator discovered the body of a woman impacted by the pull-behind mower, at which time he contacted the Modesto Police Department,&#8221; the statement reads.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are deeply saddened by these events. Our hearts and sympathies go out to her friends and family. Grover is providing counseling services to the operator due to this traumatic experience,&#8221; it continued.</p>
<p>The landscaping contractor had been performing weed abatement and fire prevention services for E. &amp; J. Gallo Winery, the largest wine company in the world, which acquired the Beard Brook Park property located nearby less than 24 hours before Chavez&#8217;s death.</p>
<p>The city of Modesto <a href="https://amp.modbee.com/article259541834.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> had swapped land with the winery after months of negotiations. Beard Brook Park, which was once a designated homeless encampment, was traded for waterfront property held by Gallo that the city planned to transform into an estimated $6.3 million three-quarter-mile riverwalk in the Tuolumne River Regional Park.</p>
<p>Gallo spokeswoman Krista Noonan confirmed the incident in a statement involving the hired contractor, adding the winery fully cooperated with the investigation.</p>
<p>&#8220;Gallo acquired the Beard Brook Park property in Modesto on Friday, July 7, 2023. On Saturday, July 8, 2023, a landscaping contractor was hired to perform weed abatement and fire prevention services. There was an accident at approximately 12:00 p.m. involving the contractor&#8217;s tractor and an individual who was not visible and laying in a tall, weeded area,&#8221; the statement reads, in part, according to The Modesto Bee.</p>
<p>&#8220;Gallo expresses its sincere condolences to the family of the victim,&#8221; it continued.</p>
<p>Chavez&#8217;s death marks the second fatality involving a homeless individual and a contractor crew.</p>
<p>In August 2018, a Caltrans employee operating heavy machinery along the southbound side of Highway 99 rolled over 32-year-old Shannon Bigley while clearing a homeless encampment. Bigley reportedly was asleep when the driver removed the presumed unoccupied belongings.</p>

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