Family of Wolastoqey inmate who died of COVID-19 is demanding answers – CBC

Feb 01, 2022

Skyler Sappier, 28, was a member of the Neqotkuk First Nation

The family of a 28-year-old Wolastoqey man who died from COVID-19 while an inmate of the Saint John provincial jail wants to know how he could have died while in custody.

“We want to get down to the bottom of how this happened while in the custody of the justice system. So we will be, as a nation, requesting and demanding some answers from all those involved,” said Chief Ross Perley, speaking on behalf of the family of Skyler Sappier.

Sappier, a member of the Neqotkuk First Nation, formerly known as Tobique First Nation, was serving a sentence at the Saint John Regional Correctional Centre when he became ill.

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