Overview
- Correctional Service Canada confirmed Boalag died Nov. 1 at Bath Institution while serving an indeterminate sentence as a dangerous offender.
- The agency said privacy laws prevent disclosure of how he died or whether the death occurred in hospital.
- Boalag was convicted in 2016 of 13 offences for attacking two women and a 15-year-old in St. John’s after police issued a public warning about an unidentified assailant.
- He filed a Federal Court claim in January alleging staff negligence after a 2023 stabbing by another inmate left him unable to walk, a claim the government denies as the case remained active at his death.
- One survivor said his death ends her chance for a face-to-face conversation she sought for closure, and his lawyer reported having no information about the circumstances.