Police watchdog investigates woman’s death in Burnaby, B.C.

BURNABY, B.C. — British Columbia’s Independent Investigations Office has been notified by Mounties in Burnaby after a woman died in their custody. 

RCMP say in a statement that the woman was arrested on Wednesday night as officers investigated a report of a disturbance and she spent the night in jail without incident.

But an hour after she was released on Thursday, police say they received another call about the same woman causing a disturbance at a different location. 

The woman was put back in jail, but during a regular check police say it was discovered that she wasn’t breathing.