NWT mother searching for answers following son’s death – Cabin Radio

March 25, 2025

Months after her son died at a jail in Edmonton, a woman in Fort Resolution is still trying to understand what happened.

Shirley King says she was notified by an RCMP officer that her 36-year-old son, Anthony King, had died while at the Edmonton Remand Centre on December 19, 2024.

“I’m grieving and I’m asking myself every day why,” she said, adding that her son was “a good man” and died while in the care of the Alberta government.

King said despite asking for information, she has not received any reports confirming the cause or circumstances of her son’s death.

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