A much-loved rough sleeper who was reunited with his family four years ago in Manchester after a mass appeal has tragically died. Jon Ellerington was found dead outside a Costa Coffee branch in his home city of Hull on December 18 last year.
The 41-year-old was seen making a final bed for his faithful Jack Russell named Teddy just hours before dying in the night, Hull Live reports. Four years earlier, Jon had travelled to Manchester, where he was believed to be rough sleeping.
One of Jon's sisters made a plea in 2018 for help finding Jon to the Manchester Homeless Outreach group. She told Alan Morris, the group's founder, to look out for a missing finger on Jon's hand.
