Tatyanna Harrison case: Calls to reopen B.C. death investigation after coroner rules cause undetermined

Mother Natasha Harrison and advocacy groups, including the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, are urging a new police investigation into the 2022 disappearance and death of their daughter, 20‑year‑old Indigenous woman Tatyanna Harrison. A coroner’s inquest held on July 13, 2026 concluded the cause of death was undetermined, contradicting earlier findings that had attributed it to drug toxicity and later to sepsis. Harrison’s body was discovered on a dry‑docked yacht in Richmond, B.C., naked from the waist down, and the RCMP had not classified the death as suspicious.

Legal counsel Sue Brown for the family said the case needs to be reviewed in light of the inquest findings. The coroner’s jury issued eight recommendations, calling for improved police training in missing‑persons cases and the inclusion of Indigenous liaison officers in such units. The groups Justice for Girls, the BC Civil Liberties Association and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs joined Natasha Harrison at a Vancouver news conference to press for the investigation to be reopened and for the recommended reforms to be implemented.