A public memorial is underway this afternoon for Regis Korchinski-Paquet, the 29-year-old woman who fell to her death from a Toronto balcony while police were in her apartment two months ago.
Hundreds have gathered outside Korchinski-Paquet’s apartment building at 100 High Park Avenue for the memorial, which will be followed by the first annual Regis Korchinski-Paquet Walk For Justice.Her family previously indicated that she was suffering from a mental health crisis at the time and her mother told reporters that she called police in the hope that officers would diffuse the situation and take her daughter to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health .
Korchinski-Paquet’s family has questioned the role police played in her death and the province’s police watchdog is currently investigating.Knia Singh, the lawyer representing Korchinski-Paquet’s family, told reporters earlier this month that he has assembled a legal team to conduct a secondary investigation into the 29-year-old woman’s death.
Speaking at a news conference earlier this month, Korchinski-Paquet’s father Peter Korchinski described his daughter as a kind and generous person who was the “nucleus” of their family.
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