Jocelyn George, an Indigenous mother of two young children, died in a Victoria hospital on June 24, 2016, just hours after being transferred from RCMP custody in Port Alberni
The inquest was originally scheduled to be held last July but was put off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The independent office that examines all police-involved deaths in B.C. investigated George’s death and issued a final report in January 2018.
The report found the death was linked to the use of toxic drugs and it cleared RCMP of any wrongdoing, but the BC Coroners Service says an inquest is mandatory because George died while in police custody.
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