Inquest to be held into prisoner’s death
Province initially reported Lonnie Dellas Carr, 59, was in police custody when he died in April 2023, but it later confirmed it happened while in custody of provincial sheriffs’ officers
The provincial coroner’s office says it’s holding an inquest next month into the 2023 death of a man it says was in police custody at the time, but it turns out he was under the control of provincial peace officers.
The New Brunswick coroner’s office announced Friday that an inquest will be held April 23 to 25 at the Wu Conference Centre on the University of New Brunswick campus in Fredericton.
The subject of the inquest is the death of Lonnie Dellas Carr, 59, in the spring of 2023.
“Carr died in police custody in Fredericton on April 9, 2023, due to combined drug toxicity,” a government news release said.