Helping her head home

It was at the end of July, during the Dog Days of Summer, last year when the topic of Malta’s lone homeless person, very new to the area, became a popular topic on a Facebook page dedicated to things to complain about. But instead of complaining about this new visitor, people wondered what her story was and how she could be helped.

Enter Jerry Lytle, Deputy Sheriff at the Phillips County Sheriff’s Office. Lytle was one of the 200 people to see the post about the woman and he decided to put his investigation skills to work. About a month later, Deputy Lytle posted an update to the “co...