News Release
SIU Investigating after Woman Falls to Death from Scarborough Apartment Building
Case Number: 16-TCD-319
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Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 52-year-old woman this morning in Scarborough.
Preliminary information suggests the following:
- At approximately 4 a.m. on Wednesday, December 21, 2016, officers with the Toronto Police Service responded to a call for service at an apartment building located at 40 Gordonridge Place.
- Officers attended an apartment unit on the 10th floor.
- A short time later, a woman fell from the 10th floor balcony to the ground below.
- She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Five investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned to investigate this incident.
The SIU is urging anyone who may have information about this investigation to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529.
If you or someone you know is an affected person in need of support, please call the Affected Persons Program General Referral Line at 1-877-641-1897 or click here for more information: siu.on.ca/en/apc.php
The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of officials (police officers as well as special constables with the Niagara Parks Commission and peace officers with the Legislative Protective Service) that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault and/or the discharge of a firearm at a person. All investigations are conducted by SIU investigators who are civilians. Under the Special Investigations Unit Act, the Director of the SIU must
- consider whether the official has committed a criminal offence in connection with the incident under investigation
- depending on the evidence, cause a criminal charge to be laid against the official where grounds exist for doing so, or close the file without any charges being laid
- publicly report the results of its investigations