Inquest into teen’s death expanded
Posted Nov 12, 2010 03:24:14 PM.
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The inquest into Ashley Smith’s death is going to be expanded.
The 19-year old died while in custody at Kitchener’s Grand Valley Institution for Women in October of 2007.
Initially, Ontario’s deputy chief coroner had limited the scope of the inquest into Smith’s death to the 13 weeks she spent in custody in Ontario. But in a decision released today, Dr. Bonita Porter says the inquest should be expanded to look at anything that may have affected Smith’s mind on the day she died, with no limits on age, geography, or date.
Smith, originally from Moncton, New Brunswick, was moved between 17 institutions in the last year of her life.
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