Child rep collects documents after sisters’ deaths, no decision on investigation
VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s child and youth representative says his office has begun to collect information about two young sisters whose bodies were found in a Victoria-area home on Christmas Day.
Bernard Richard said Friday it is too early to say whether he will launch a formal investigation, but he says his office has contacted the BC Coroners Service and the provincial ministry in charge of child welfare and has started gathering documents.
Richard’s office has the power to investigate when young people who have received child welfare services die or are critically injured.
“Obviously this is a very concerning case,” Richard said in an interview from Cap Pele, N.B.