Family wants answers after woman’s frozen body found shortly after hospital stay
WINNIPEG — The death of a woman who apparently slipped away from a Winnipeg hospital while she was intoxicated by drugs could — and should — have been prevented, her family says.
The frozen body of Windy Sinclair, a 29-year-old mother of four, was found outside a Winnipeg apartment building Dec. 28. It was two days after she had been taken to hospital while she was hallucinating on crystal meth, her mother says.
“Why didn’t they keep an eye on her at all times — for the safety of herself and to the others around her?” Eleanor Sinclair asked Thursday.
Her daughter’s death is the latest tragedy in the family. Eleanor Sinclair’s husband, Brian, died of pneumonia two years ago. Her son, Roderick, drowned in 2011 at the age of 22. He disappeared one day and his body washed up on a beach five months later, she said.