Sarah Juliano, facing, argues with Sarah Wallingford during a dispute about missing drugs at the homeless encampment they shared in the South End of Waterville on Aug. 26, 2022.

Sarah Wallingford injects a speedball containing heroin and Fentanyl into the neck of Sara Juliano at lunch time in the homeless encampment in Waterville on Sept. 15, 2022.

Sarah Juliano takes drink from the whiskey bottle as she washes dishes in the river on Aug. 28, 2022.

Sarah Juliano washes dishes with Amanda Frasier in the Kennebec River in Waterville on Aug. 28, 2022.

Sarah Juliano sleeps off her high after shooting up a mixture of heroin and fentanyl at the homeless encampment on the Kennebec trail on the island located in a wetland along the Kennebec River in the South End of Waterville on Sept. 11, 2022.

Sarah Juliano holds a syringe loaded with heroin and fentanyl as a camp fire illuminates the campsite she called home along the Kennebec River in Waterville on Sept. 12, 2022.

Amanda Frasier assists Sarah Juliano with an injection of heroin and fentanyl while living at a homeless encampment in Waterville on Sept. 12, 2022.

Sarah Juliano rides her bike down Elm Street in Waterville as she visits her favorite Dumpsters for treasures in the South End in Waterville on Sept. 14, 2022.

Sarah Juliano rummages through a Dumpster in Waterville on Sept. 14, 2022.

Sarah Juliano sorts through her belongings inside her small tent at a homeless encampment in the South End in Waterville on Sept. 12, 2022.

Sarah Juliano stands under a tarp as she prepares to go Dumpster diving in Waterville on Sept. 12, 2022.

Sarah Juliano stands under the protection of her umbrella as she waits for another member of the homeless encampment on an island in the South End of Waterville on Sept. 6, 2022. Juliano and her new friend, Amanda Frasier, back right, were going to visit an assortment of Dumpsters and donation bins as it rained. At the time, they were both homeless and addicted to heroin and fentanyl.

Sarah Juliano sits at her bed at the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter in Waterville on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. Juliano had been at the shelter for nearly two weeks since overdosing. Since moving into the shelter, she also entered a drug detox program and was seven days sober at the time.

Sarah Juliano cleans the yoga room at Cory’s House, a sober living facility for recovering addicts in Winthrop, on Saturday, April 1.

Sarah Juliano, left and Katie Cushing, house manager at Cory’s House, a sober living facility for recovering addicts in Winthrop, clean the house for a new arrival on Saturday, April 1.

Katie Cushing, left, house manager at Cory’s House, a sober living facility for recovering addicts in Winthrop, and Sarah Juliano, a resident, prepare a bedroom for a new arrival on Saturday, April 1.

Sarah Juliano cleans her room on the third floor of Cory’s House, a sober living home for recovering addicts in Winthrop, on Sunday, April 16.

Sarah Juliano puts on some jewelry as she looks in the mirror in her room on the third floor of Cory’s House, a sober living home for recovering addicts in Winthrop on Sunday, April 16.

Sarah Juliano is seen with her housemate Brooke at Cory’s House, a sober living home for women recovering from addiction and homelessness, on Sunday, April 16.

Sarah Juliano and Cassie Quinn hug in the kitchen of Cory’s House, a sober living home for women recovering from addiction and homelessness, on Sunday, April 16.

Sarah Juliano celebrates during the 11 a.m. Central Church service in Augusta on Sunday, April 16.

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