Tiny and fragile’: Edmonton woman’s family seeks answers after she dies in police custody – CBC
Deanna Noname, 55, died in hospital Aug. 7, the day after she was arrested
Aug 16, 2017
Deanna Noname opted to leave her oxygen tank behind when she left her brother’s home for the last time that Sunday morning.
When the family next saw Noname, she was dying in a bed at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.
During the intervening 36 hours, Noname, 55, was arrested and spent the night in Edmonton police custody.
Her death has sparked an investigation by the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team and left her family shocked and angry.
