BC Coroners inquest to begin in case of woman who died in care

An inquest by the BC Coroners Service will start on Monday into the dying of Florence Marie Girard.

Girard was discovered lifeless in Astrid Dahl’s Port Coquitlam house in October 2018; she weighed simply 50.6 kilos.

In 2022, Dahl was convicted of failing to offer the requirements of life in connection to the dying. That September, she was sentenced to a one-year conditional sentence, together with 100 hours of group service adopted by a yr of probation.

At trial, the court docket heard Girard, 54, had lived with Dahl for about eight years as part of a residential home-sharing settlement, overseen by the non-profit Kinsight Neighborhood Society.

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The court docket heard Dahl didn’t give Girard her prescriptions or take her to medical appointments for a prolonged time frame, that Girard’s well being declined, she stopped consuming and later died. The official reason behind dying was “malnourishment and hunger.”

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A Coroners inquest is held when the general public has an curiosity in being knowledgeable of the circumstances surrounding somebody’s dying and when comparable deaths might be prevented by way of suggestions.

Donita Kuzma, presiding coroner, and a jury will hear proof from witnesses beneath oath to find out the information surrounding Girard’s dying.

The jury can have the chance to make suggestions aimed toward stopping deaths beneath comparable circumstances.

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