An inquest into the death of Daniel James Tokarchuk, 44, who died in June 2017 while in custody at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary, was scheduled to take place April 27 to May 1 in Prince Albert.
Now this inquest was postponed due to COVID-19.
Tokarchuk was serving a life sentence for second-degree murder in the killing of a Hells Angels associate in Manitoba in 2002.
A CSC spokesman said Tokarchuk was found in his living quarters in the prison’s minimum security unit. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A spokesperson said in an email that the Coroners Service hopes to reschedule the postponed inquests in the fall if the public health order permits and they will be rescheduled in the order in which they were postponed.
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Source: Saskatoon Star Phoenix