Ontario coroner says it's possible deaths tied to residential schools were missed, reviewing decades-old cases
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Ontario's chief coroner says "it's possible" unmarked graves linked to residential schools have been missed, and is setting up a team to review death investigations from past decades to see whether any should be reopened.
"I've asked for … files from human remains over the past number of years to be retrieved and we're going to look through those to see if, in fact, there are investigations that should be done now, based upon what we've seen," said Dr. Dirk Huyer.
This latest development comes after an organization representing survivors of the Mohawk Institute Residential School announced remains believed to be those of someone under age 14 had been uncovered near the facility.
The coroner's office initially led the investigation after the remains were discovered in Brantford, Ont. in August 2020, but determined they were "not modern and do not have any forensic value," according to a police media release.
Now, Huyer says his office has taken lead on the investigation again, acknowledging it's "very fair" to say the revelations of unmarked graves at residential schools across Canada over the summer played a role in the decision to do so.
"Anything they can do to go back and look at those records and files and see where they may have failed in their investigation is obviously welcome," said Kimberly Murray, executive lead for the Survivor's Secretariat, set up to oversee a search of the residential school property.
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