An inmate at the Beaver Creek Institution in Gravenhurst has died after a “serious assault.”
Officials with Correctional Service Canada say Leslie Ma died on Dec. 18 while in custody at the prison.
Provincial Constable Samantha Bigley says the OPP were called to the correctional facility around 9:50 PM on Dec. 18. She says Ma was taken to hospital with “significant injuries” where she was pronounced dead.
According to the officials, the 31-year-old from Alberta was serving a sentence of over nine years for possession of a schedule two substance for the purpose of trafficking. It started on March 12, 2018.
The inmate’s next of kin has been notified.
An investigation into the cause of the death is ongoing. Bigley says the Muskoka Crime Unit, OPP Forensic Identification Services, and OPP Criminal Investigation Branch are involved alongside the Officer of the Chief Coroner for Ontario and the province’s Forensic Pathology Service.