The B.C. Coroners Service has identified the woman who died in White Rock RCMP custody this week as 58-year-old White Rock resident Patricia Ann Wilson.
Police announced Tuesday evening that a woman had been found unresponsive just after 10:30 a.m. that morning – less than four hours after she had been assessed by paramedics. Attempts to revive her were unsuccessful.
According to the Mounties, Wilson had been arrested March 25 on an outstanding warrant, and was being held for a March 29 appearance in Surrey Provincial Court.
The Independent Investigations Office is investigating to determine if police actions or inactions contributed to Wilson's death, which Staff Sgt. Lesli Roseberry said was the second at her detachment. The first occurred in 1998, Roseberry said.
More to come…