When suburban police officers arrived in late November at a temporary shelter for asylum seekers, a crowd gathered as Rona Rozo grabbed onto a van trying to hitch a ride.
Rozo, 30, was transported for a mental health evaluation, but two days later she was found dead inside the hotel room she had been temporarily staying at after fleeing from her native Venezuela. Her death was later ruled a suicide, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
