Seven months later, in April 2018, his body was found in a wooded area roughly 35 metres from the home. “It is important for his full story to be investigated and told to the public, in its entirety and in detail, through the vehicle of an inquest,” the letter reads. The letter said the ensuing years were marked by escalating mental health challenges, increasingly erratic behaviour, and limited efforts to secure support and treatment. At that time, the letter said, he was living at the Lynwood Charlton Centre group home not far from Hamilton. Two thirds of the children whose cases were reviewed were Indigenous, most died by suicide, and all contended with mental health struggles while living away from home.

Source: thestar December 08, 2019 15:00 UTC