Seamus Flynn was seriously ill in prison before his 'sudden' death. His mother wants answers
CBC
A St. John's man who died while incarcerated at Her Majesty's Penitentiary late last year suffered from a bacterial infection that ravaged his body and shut down his organs, says his mother.
The painful details of 35-year-old Seamus Flynn's final hours have left troubling questions for Cindy Flynn, who is seeking accountability.
She wants to know who ultimately made the decision not to send her son to hospital sooner.
"Seamus died a horrific death," Cindy Flynn said in a recent interview at her home on Newfoundland's west coast.
Flynn said Dr. Nash Denic, the province's chief medical examiner, provided details on her son's medical condition by phone last month. The autopsy report hasn't been finalized, she said.
When contacted by CBC News, the chief medical examiner's office wrote that it "cannot comment on the cause and manner of death at this time," citing the ongoing investigation.
Seamus Flynn died in the early morning hours of Dec. 2.
Cindy Flynn said Denic told her that Seamus had viral influenza which turned into a bacterial infection. He was also suffering from severe pneumonia and became septic.
The Department of Justice has described it as a "sudden death" that occurred after Seamus Flynn was taken to hospital.
Cindy Flynn said she is plagued with questions about the last moments of her son's life.
"So you torture yourself with those questions … did he want his mom?"
Cindy Flynn had dreaded the call for years — a fear shared by many whose families have been eclipsed by addiction.
She describes her son as a beautiful baby who grew into a funny, loving teenager. Addiction, she said, took hold in his late teens. She had been estranged from him for the last five years of his life.
"You don't want that phone call because as long as the phone call stays away, there's hope," Flynn said.
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