US EditionTwo bodies were missed at B.C. death scene. Was treatment of coroners to blame?
The BC Coroners Service policy to remotely attend some death scenes since 2019 led to missed bodies in Vancouver, amid community coroners' low pay and high turnover, a report found.
- The Canadian Press confirmed the body of Jimmy Van Chung Pham was found years ago in an East Vancouver single‑room‑occupancy apartment, while missing Indigenous teenager Noelle O'Soup and Elma Enan went unnoticed for months amid remote coroner attendance concerns.
- Former community coroner Sonya Schulz said the BC Coroners Service stopped requiring in‑person attendance at some scenes for cost savings years ago, sparking concern among field coroners.
- Current and former coroners described low pay, such as community coroners' $32 hourly rate since 2016, and unpaid on-call work undermining morale and causing staffing gaps.
- Vancouver police said investigations remain open, the attending officer faces a neglect-of-duty probe by the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner, and Justice for Girls called for a coroner's inquest.
- Former B.C. auditor general John Doyle's 2011 report warned the 'as and when required' on-call model was problematic, and former coroners cautioned that remote attendance reduces service quality.
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A Vancouver police officer is facing a negligent investigation after two bodies went unnoticed at the scene of a crime in February 2022.
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Two bodies were missed at B.C. death scene. Was treatment of coroners to blame? – Energeticcity.ca
VANCOUVER — When police attended a single-room occupancy building in East Vancouver three years ago, they found the body of “Jimmy” Van Chung Pham, a man with a criminal history who would later be described as a predator by the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs. What police did not notice at the time were the bodies of missing Indigenous teenager Noelle O’Soup and a woman called Elma Enan, whose decomposing remains were only located months…
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