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RSS FeedsFriends seek answers as SIU probes death of 60-year-old Toronto woman
(The Star Toronto Raptors)

 
 

20 february 2017 13:26:52

 
Friends seek answers as SIU probes death of 60-year-old Toronto woman
(The Star Toronto Raptors)
 


It was at 4:45 a.m. on a chilly Monday last month when Toronto police knocked on the front door of a home on St. Clarens Ave., responding to a report of an emotionally disturbed woman threatening suicide.By approximately 5 a.m., Amleset Haile — a 60-year-old resident of the building, a Houselink home for people with mental health or addiction challenges — was wheeled out on a stretcher from the narrow walkway between two houses, unmoving, her neck in a brace.Two days later, she died in hospital after being taken off life support.Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU), which probes deaths and serious injuries involving police, is investigating the January 2 incident. The watchdog has not identified Haile, citing its policy not to name those killed in police interactions without family consent; the Star has independently confirmed her identity.Six weeks after her death, friends and neighbours of the quiet, affectionate Ethiopia native — a woman they say was struggling with mental illness and dementia — are growing eager to learn what transpired in the final moments before Haile suffered fatal injuries.Shortly after the incident, paramedics said they transported a woman to a trauma centre who had suffered life-threatening injuries “as the result of a fall,” and police and paramedics initially reported the woman fell from a window — something the SIU would not confirm.Jennifer Cox, Haile’s friend and a fellow resident in the building who witnessed part of the incident, is awaiting the SIU’s conclusion, saying the full picture of what occurred has not yet come out.“Other than the four police officers who were there, it’s Amleset and God who know what happened,” said Cox. “She’s not here to tell her story, so this is why we really want to push and know.”According to the SIU’s brief description of the interaction, Toronto police arrived at the hom ...


 
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