Coroner’s Inquest

The Coroners Inquest into the death of Tatyana Harrison, a 20 year old Cree, Métis, and Brazilian young woman living in Vancouver, has concluded, exposing numerous missteps that occurred with policing agencies and the B.C. Coroners Service. The unanimous, five-member inquest jury disagreed with the conclusions by the BC Coroners Service about Tatyanna’s cause and manner of death. The jury found that Tatyanna’s cause of death was undetermined because the investigation left more questions than answers about how she died.

Sue Brown, Justice for Girls Director of Individual Advocacy and Staff Lawyer, was legal counsel for Tatyana Harrison’s mother, Natasha Harrison.

“Tatyanna’s case needs to be reviewed in light of what was learned at the inquest. It’s clear the respective investigations by the RCMP and the Coroners Service were not sufficiently thorough and appear to have been heavily influenced by investigators’ initial assumptions at the scene. Her case has yet to be properly investigated and the police have a due diligence obligation to determine whether more investigative avenues can be pursued because there are so many unanswered questions: how did Tatyanna get to Richmond, with whom, and when? Most importantly, we still do not know what caused her to die.”
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