More forensic tests ordered on Ontario taser victim

June 25, 2008
Becky Rynor and Al Sweeney, Canwest News Service

Ontario's Special Investigations Unit yesterday identified Jeffrey Mark Marreel as the man who died Monday after he was shocked by police using a Taser.

Ontario Provincial Police said the 36-year-old, of no fixed address, was being combative and was disturbing others during an incident Monday morning at the beach hamlet of Turkey Point, on Lake Erie, about 130 kilometres southwest of Toronto.

Margaret Marreel of Delhi, Ont., said yesterday she is dealing with a shock and grief that no mother should face. She called for a ban on police carrying Tasers.

"If they go with three or four cops, you mean to tell me they can't deal with one man and put him in a cruiser?" she questioned.

Other media reports said the man's father, Noel Marreel, said his son was depressed.

An autopsy performed yesterday was inconclusive and further forensic tests have been ordered to assist in determining the cause of death.