An eastern Ontario youth whose name, age and gender have not been released faces a number of charges, including “indignity to a dead body” after a medical emergency at a school.
On March 9, OPP officers from Lennox and Addington County Detachment responded to a local school for a medical emergency, said OPP. One youth was transported to hospital and later died.
A second youth faces a charge of criminal harassment, a charge of indignity to a dead body and two counts of indecent communication.
The name of the school and any other identifying information was not disclosed. Lennox and Addington County stretches from north of Denbigh to Amherst Island in the south and includes the towns of Bath, Napanee, Tamworth and Kaladar.
Under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, a “young person” is twelve years old or older, but less than eighteen years old.
“The identities of all individuals involved are protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act,” said the OPP in a statement. “No further information will be released out of respect for the privacy of the family.”
Under Section 182 of the Canadian Criminal Code, offering an indignity to a dead human body is punishable by up to five years in prison.
Offences under Section 182 includes neglecting to perform any duty that is imposed by law with reference to the burial of a dead human body or human remains or “improperly or indecently” interfering with or offering any indignity to a dead human body or human remains, whether buried or not.
Throughout the process, police have worked cooperatively with school officials, said OPP.
The investigation is ongoing and is being led by the OPP Lennox and Addington County crime unit, in conjunction with the Office of the Chief Coroner.
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