Vive Adolescent Care: Family Holds Vigil at St. George, UT Psych Facility where Teen Daughter Died

October 24, 2024

In the months since 16-year-old Arianna Duenez died at Vive Adolescent Care in St. George in summer 2023, her family could sometimes tell themselves that she was still in Utah receiving care. She’d come home soon, they’d pretend.

But reality was inescapable Saturday, as her family held a vigil in her honor outside the facility where Duenez drew her last breath.

“I just couldn’t bring myself to come here,” her mother, Maggie Montelongo, said through tears. “Because I was in denial about it. So why go to Utah? She’s still there. Until you start realizing that she’s not.”

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