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A coroner's inquest is examining the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, a 29-year-old Afro-Indigenous woman who fell from her High Park apartment during a police call in May 2020. The inquest focuses on whether her epilepsy and history of seizures influenced the events leading to her death. Key questions include how emergency responders should handle individuals with seizure disorders and address postictal delirium, a state of confusion or agitation following a seizure. Inquest counsel Roger Shallow highlighted that Korchinski-Paquet had multiple calls for service related to seizures before her fatal incident.

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Six years after Regis Korchinski-Paquet fell to her death during a police interaction at her High Park apartment, a coroner's inquest began examining her final moments. Ontario coroner David Cameron outlined the aims on Tuesday, emphasizing understanding what happened and whether changes are needed for similar incidents involving mental health and epilepsy.

Five 911 calls were made that evening: one by Korchinski-Paquet’s mother, one from her brother, and three by Korchinski-Paquet herself. Police responded to a reported "rapidly developing and violent family disturbance involving knives." The inquest will explore if Korchinski-Paquet's history of epilepsy and seizures influenced the outcome.

The proceeding aims to avoid shying away from difficult subject matter, focusing on what happened and identifying any potential shortcomings in how police and emergency officials handle such situations. Korchinski-Paquet’s death sparked protests in Toronto streets and raised public concerns about officers' handling of mental health-related calls.

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The sudden death of the Afro-Indigenous woman came just 48 hours after the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, prompting calls for accountability amid a mounting global uprising over racism and policing.

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🔮 Although the proceeding is not a criminal trial and will not lay blame, the inquest will not “shy away” from difficult subject matter, Cameron said.

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Warning jurors that “some of the evidence will be difficult to hear,” Shallow provided a brief narrative of the events leading up to Korchinski-Paquet’s death, saying that police had been summoned to the home about a “rapidly developing and violent family disturbance that involved knives.” Five 911 calls had been placed to first responders that evening, he said — one by Korchinski-Paquet’s mother, one from her brother, and three by Korchinski-Paquet herself.

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🔮 Although the proceeding is not a criminal trial and will not lay blame, the inquest will not “shy away” from difficult subject matter, Cameron said.

2026-10-13 · Toronto Star

Regis Korchinski-Paquet's epilepsy, history of seizures central to inquest into her deadly fall: 'Her life ended much too early' · assertive framing

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Six years after Regis Korchinski-Paquet fell to her death during a police call to her High Park apartment, a coroner’s inquest is examining her final moments, including whether her history of epilepsy and seizures played a role. asserted

history → fall → role

In opening remarks Tuesday, Ontario coroner David Cameron laid out the aims of the inquest probing the 29-year-old woman’s 2020 death, which set off protests in Toronto streets and raised urgent public concerns about officers’ handling of calls involving mental health and epilepsy. asserted

which → open → health

The central goal, Cameron told inquest jurors, is to establish what happened to Korchinski-Paquet and determine if police and emergency officials need to change how they handle similar incidents. asserted

they → tell → incidents

Although the proceeding is not a criminal trial and will not lay blame, the inquest will not “shy away” from difficult subject matter, Cameron said. asserted

Cameron → lay → matter

“We still ask tough questions. asserted

We → ask → questions

We still need to know what happened. asserted

what → need → ?

We still need to know what things went wrong, if any, and why,” Cameron said. asserted

Cameron → need → ?

Korchinski-Paquet died on May 27, 2020 following what police called a “frantic” assault call to her family’s apartment in a highrise building on High Park Avenue. uncertain

police → die → Avenue

The sudden death of the Afro-Indigenous woman came just 48 hours after the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, prompting calls for accountability amid a mounting global uprising over racism and policing. asserted

death → come → racism

A criminal investigation by Ontario’s civilian police watchdog, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), cleared all Toronto police officers of wrongdoing. asserted

investigation → clear → wrongdoing

It concluded Korchinski-Paquet died after she lost her balance while trying to scale her balcony railing and step onto her neighbour’s balcony. asserted

she → conclude → balcony

Inquest counsel Roger Shallow told jurors that one focus of the three-week inquest will be examining whether emergency responders are informed about a person’s history with epilepsy, and how they respond if their behaviour is influenced by “postictal delirium” — a state of confusion or agitation that can follow a seizure. asserted

that → tell → seizure

Shallow said Korchinski-Paquet had a long-standing medical history of seizures and “often experienced symptoms of confusion, irritability, physically and verbally abusive behaviour, and episodic amnesia following a seizure.” In the years before the May 2020 incident, there had been multiple calls for service to Korchinski-Paquet’s home and “some of these calls related to, or contained information that (Korchinski-Paquet) had a seizure,” Shallow said. uncertain

Shallow → say → seizure

One of the witnesses set to testify at the inquest is Dr. Julien Hébert, a neurologist who specializes in epilepsy, Shallow said. asserted

Shallow → set → epilepsy

he → warn → Paquet

The calls summoned six police officers and two paramedics to the scene, and what transpired in the following moments “is really central to this inquest,” Shallow said. asserted

Shallow → summon → inquest

“I expect, after hearing the evidence, you’ll come to appreciate that all eight of those first responders had at least one thing in common: They were there to help,” Shallow said. asserted

Shallow → expect → thing

In a statement read to inquest jurors Tuesday, Korchinski-Paquet’s family said they hoped the inquest would bring answers and assurance that “people experiencing a crisis receive a safe and compassionate response from first responders.” asserted

people → read → responders

“We hope that what is learned here will help prevent other families from suffering a loss like ours,” the family statement said. asserted

statement → hope → ours

Cameron noted that, although six years have passed since Korchinski-Paquet’s death, time doesn’t make the loss any easier. asserted

loss → note → death

He acknowledged the inquest will cause her family and friends’ heartbreak to resurface. asserted

heartbreak → acknowledge → ?

“Her life ended much too early,” Cameron said. asserted

Cameron → end → ?

Regis Korchinski-Paquet's epilepsy, history of seizures central to inquest into her deadly fall: 'Her life ended much too early'