The Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre in London. BlackburnNews.com file photo. The Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre in London. BlackburnNews.com file photo.
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Police, Coroner Investigate Boxing Day Death At EMDC

An investigation has been launched after another inmate death at the Elgin Middlesex Detention Centre.

London police say a 29-year-old inmate was found without vital signs in his cell just after noon on Boxing Day. Emergency crews responded to the scene and the man was pronounced dead.

The London Police Service Major Crime Section and the Coroner are investigating. An autopsy is scheduled to be performed Wednesday.

This marks the fifth death of an inmate at the EMDC in 2017.

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