P.E.I. coroner's office investigating 55-year-old man's death in Charlottetown park

Gwyneth Egan · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 13, 2025 2:13 PM EDT | Last Updated: June 13

Prince Edward Island's coroner's bureau is investigating a caller decease astatine Joseph A. Ghiz Memorial Park successful Charlottetown. 

Police confirm they responded to a telephone astir a aesculapian exigency adjacent a parking batch disconnected Grafton Street astatine astir 5:30 p.m. connected June 4, involving a 55-year-old antheral from occidental P.E.I.

"An probe is ongoing to find the origin of the incident. Our thoughts are with his household and loved ones during this hard time, and we anticipation the probe volition bring clarity and closure soon," Charlottetown Police Services said successful an email to CBC News.  

A coroner's probe happens erstwhile a decease is abrupt oregon suspicious, oregon erstwhile the origin of decease is unknown. 

In immoderate cases, it tin pb to an inquest. For example, an inquest into a decease whitethorn beryllium called if the coroner has much questions astir what happened oregon thinks the details of what happened should beryllium aired successful the nationalist interest. 

An inquest besides provides an avenue for recommendations to beryllium made arsenic to however akin deaths tin beryllium prevented successful the future. 

In this case, the bureau told CBC News it's inactive excessively aboriginal to accidental whether it volition bid an inquest.