B.C. Coroners Service ruling that the 2021 death of 18-year-old Samantha Sims-Somerville was a homicide prompts call for fresh look at case
The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit will take another look at the investigation into the death of a Victoria teenager that was initially ruled accidental.
“This is an extremely tragic situation and … our collective hearts go out to the family. To have an 18-year-old overdose and die is, it’s senseless,” Manak said. “The Victoria Police Department took this complaint seriously. We investigated as far as we could.” Sims believes her daughter and a friend were recruited by a mutual friend, invited to an apartment on Yates Street where there were older men they didn’t know, and drugged with lethal doses of GHB.
Sims had appealed to the coroners service to reopen its investigation. The service agreed in March to reopen its probe due to information that was not available during the original investigation.
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