14 sudden death cases of Indigenous people in Thunder Bay, Ont., recommended for police reinvestigation

An investigative team that has been looking into sudden death cases in Thunder Bay, Ont., for years has recommended police reinvestigate an additional 14 of them, all involving Indigenous people, according to a confidential report leaked to CBC News.An investigative team that has been looking into sudden death cases in Thunder Bay, Ont., for years is recommending that police reinvestigate an additional 14, according to a confidential report leaked to CBC News.

'Racist attitudes' contributed to poor Indigenous death investigations by Thunder Bay police, report says The Broken Trust report also recommended the team establish a protocol to determine if other Thunder Bay police sudden death investigations should be redone. A CBC News analysis of the case reviews included in the report has identified several similar trends, including:In 13 of the cases, there was insufficient investigation of suspects at the death scenes, despite them having violent pasts, including prior involvement in murders and serious assaults.Seven of the cases had investigations explicitly described as "incomplete" in the leaked report.

Former head of police oversight agency says families must be consulted in Thunder Bay death reinvestigations The first sudden death recommended for coroner re-review involves a vulnerable Indigenous person who went missing from the Thunder Bay hospital and was found dead months later.But it added "this case demonstrates the degree of vulnerability Indigenous peoples with mental health needs can face in Thunder Bay and the need for attention to be brought to missing persons cases of Indigenous peoples of all ages.

"The lack of resources and strategies to properly investigate and curb these occurrences have become a significant threat to public safety," the report added.

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