No domestic violence was reported in 911 calls that preceded Thunder Bay woman’s death

Ontario's Special Investigations Unit headquarters in Mississauga, Ont. (Colin Perkel/The Canadian Press)

The initial 911 calls received before a Thunder Bay woman died were not about domestic violence, the Special Investigations Unit said Thursday.

Initial reports about the Dec. 30 incident said the 21-year-old woman died after officers did not respond to a 911 domestic disturbance call.

However, the SIU said the investigation revealed the first 911 call was a complaint that the woman wasn’t allowed in the house because of a court order.

“The caller had contacted police to report that the woman was an unwanted visitor at her home as there were court conditions that she and her son, also present in the home, were not supposed to be around each other,” the SIU said in a news release.

“The caller was concerned that her son could be arrested for breach of the conditions and she asked that the police remove the woman from the home.”

Police received a second 911 call not long after that said the woman had left the home and there was no longer a need for police to respond.

“The information that can be released by the SIU remains limited at this stage of the investigation,” the release said.

“However, having reviewed the police communications recordings, the SIU can confirm at this time that the 911 call initially received by the Thunder Bay Police Service was not in relation to violence in the home involving the woman.”

The investigation is not yet complete but “witness interviews are ongoing and the initial results of the autopsy have been received,” the SIU said.

“The police communications recordings have been reviewed.”

Anyone who has information on the incident is urged to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529 or online.

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