Azraya Kokopenace
Failing to protect children
Report slams Ontario’s child welfare system for failing to prevent 12 deaths, eight of them Indigenous.
Family says police should have reported Azraya Kokopenace's death to Ontario watchdog
The 14-year-old died after running away from a Kenora hospital last year after she was checked-in to the hospital by police
One year later, there is still no public explanation for how 14-year-old Azraya Kokopenace died
There is no public explanation for how the 14-year-old died, no understanding of what happened in those final hours.
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Video Shows Altercation Between an Aboriginal Girl and Police, Weeks Before She Committed Suicide
Azraya Kokopenace was arrested by the local Kenora police, in northern Ontario. Just weeks later, after a second arrest, she was found dead steps away from the local hospital.
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