News Release
Death of Man inside Motel Subject of SIU Investigation
Case Number: 16-OCD-184
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The province’s Special Investigations Unit is probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a 33-year-old man inside a motel room in Thunder Bay.
Preliminary information suggests the following:
- Around 11 p.m. on July 12, Thunder Bay Police received a call regarding a man inside a room at the Kingsway Inn at 345 Kingsway Avenue.
- Several officers arrived at the motel and attempted to engage the man.
- Close to 7:00 a.m., officers located the man inside the room. He was without any vital signs.
- The man was transported to Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre where he was pronounced dead.
Three investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned to investigate this incident.
The SIU is urging anyone who may have witnessed the incident to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529.
If you or someone you know is an affected person in need of support, please call the Affected Persons Program General Referral Line at 1-877-641-1897 or click here for more information: siu.on.ca/en/apc.php
The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of officials (police officers as well as special constables with the Niagara Parks Commission and peace officers with the Legislative Protective Service) that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault and/or the discharge of a firearm at a person. All investigations are conducted by SIU investigators who are civilians. Under the Special Investigations Unit Act, the Director of the SIU must
- consider whether the official has committed a criminal offence in connection with the incident under investigation
- depending on the evidence, cause a criminal charge to be laid against the official where grounds exist for doing so, or close the file without any charges being laid
- publicly report the results of its investigations