Coroner’s inquest examining 2014 death of man in police custody opens

THUNDER BAY — More than nine years after 25-year-old Emmanuel Oruitemeka died in hospital after having lost all vital signs while on the floor of the Thunder Bay Police Services headquarters, a jury will hear evidence regarding the circumstances of his death and deliver recommendations to prevent a similar incident from happening again.

Julian Roy, counsel for the coroner, provided an overview of the evidence to the jury during an opening statement on Tuesday. The man, later identified as Oruitemeka, was speaking incoherently, or in what one of the officers described as a language he could not decipher.Video surveillance footage from inside the sally port, or garage, of the police headquarters, as well as the booking room was shown to the jury on Tuesday.

The officers suggested transporting Oruitemeka to the hospital in the police cruiser but it appears they were unable to load him back into the car and he was left on the floor of the sally port.

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