WARNING: This story discusses mental distress and suicide.
The jury overseeing the inquest into the death of Moses Beaver has deemed the means of his death to be undetermined — which is the finding his family was hoping for.
The inquest into the 56-year-old Oji-Cree Woodlands artist’s death began on April 17, more than six years after he was found unresponsive in the Thunder Bay District Jail. Inquests are mandatory under the Ontario Coroners Act when a person dies in custody.
A jury of three white women, one white man and one Indigenous woman heard from 32 witnesses about the mental health crisis Beaver
