Unhoused Chilmark man dies in car - The Martha's Vineyard Times

Unhoused Chilmark man dies in car - The Martha's Vineyard Times

An unhoused Chilmark man was found dead under piles of blankets inside a car where he had been living through some of the coldest days of the winter when frigid temperatures plunged to near zero. The cause of the death of William P. Steranka, 78, is “unknown,” according to Chilmark Police, who pronounced him dead after his body was discovered in a commercial lot on Tabor House Road by an Island resident on the morning of Jan. 27.  Steranka, who …