The deaths of two former inmates more than a year apart at the Elgin Middlesex Detention Centre (EMDC) will be examined at a coroner's inquest.
Regional Supervising Coroner for West Region Dr. Rick Mann announced the joint inquest into the deaths of Floyd Deleary and Justin Thompson on Wednesday. An inquest is mandatory under the Coroners Act.
Deleary died August 23, 2015 after being found in medical distress in his cell at the provincial jail on Exeter Rd. He was 39-years-old. Thompson, who was 27-years-old, died of a suspected drug overdose on October 31, 2016. Both men died in hospital after being transferred from the EMDC.
According to a release from the Coroner’s office, the inquest will examine the events surrounding both deaths. The jury may make recommendations aimed at preventing similar deaths.
Dr. Curtis Fedoruk will preside as inquest coroner and Laura Casey and Julian Roy will be counsel to the coroner.
A date and location for the joint inquest has yet to be released.
