Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Ashley Smith

Female 1987 - 2007  (20 years)


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  • Name Ashley Smith 
    Born 1987  Moncton, Westmorland Co. , New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-160194 
    Died Oct 2007  Kitchener Greenshirts Hockey Team, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: suicide 
    Person ID I160194  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Inquest into Ashley Smith death resumes; coroner denies request to narrow scope of inquiry

      TORONTO - The long-delayed inquest into the prison death of a deeply troubled teenager finally appeared to be on track Tuesday amid unprecedented signs of co-operation by prison authorities and doctors who had been fighting tooth and nail to limit their exposure.....Smith, 19, of Moncton, N.B., died in her cell at the Grand Valley Institution in Kitchener in October 2007 after wrapping a strip of cloth around her neck. Guards who were ordered not to intervene stood watch outside her cell.

      Most of her final year was spent in segregation being shunted 17 times among nine different prisons in five provinces....This is the second inquest into Smith's death. The first collapsed last year amid legal wrangling and hostility when the presiding coroner, Dr. Bonita Porter, retired suddenly.


      The Waterloo Region Record 13 Nov 2012

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1987 - Moncton, Westmorland Co. , New Brunswick, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: suicide - Oct 2007 - Kitchener Greenshirts Hockey Team, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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