(Canadian Press) – Police say a woman who died after she was locked up in a police holding cell in northwestern Alberta had an underlying medical condition.
RCMP say Louize Findlay, 49, of Grande Prairie, was arrested late Monday night for suspected public intoxication.
She was arrested “for her own safety” and held in custody at the Grande Prairie RCMP detachment, police said in a written release.
When police checked on her the next morning, they saw she was in medical distress and rushed her to a local hospital.
Findlay was then transferred to a hospital in Edmonton, where she died.
RCMP say an autopsy determined Findlay died from natural causes because of an underlying medical condition.
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, a police oversight agency, has been asked to oversee and review the investigation into Findlay’s death.
Grande Prairie is approximately 380 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.
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