Fatality Inquiry begins into death at Edmonton Remand Centre – Edmonton [Video]

A fatality inquiry got underway Monday morning into the death of a 23-year-old man who died by suicide in a solitary cell at the Edmonton Remand Centre.

Timothy McConnell, better known as TJ, took his life in January 2021.

Three years later, his mother, Lana Greene, smiled while talking about her son.

“He was full of energy and had a real zest for life,” she said to reporters in Churchill Square.

She said he loved sports and thinks a few head injuries were the beginning of McConnell’s troubles.

“He suffered a few concussions and then started to deal with depression, and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder,” Greene explained.

After that, he began self-medicating with drugs, she said.

He was arrested in September 2020 and taken to the Edmonton Remand Centre (ERC).

Court heard McConnell repeatedly filled out health service request forms, asking for help with his mental health and drug addictions.

Greene read one of those requests aloud. “He …