Death of ninth Indigenous man in custody leaves family devastated

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Frank “Gud” Coleman’s family want to know how he spent his final moments: they want to know why he died, if he was alone and if he was in pain.
The 43-year-old was found unresponsive on the floor of his Long Bay Correctional Centre cell at 5.45am on July 8, and was pronounced dead almost 40 minutes later.
Lakota Coleman and Skye Hipwell say they are devastated by the loss of their father and ex-partner.
Credit:James Brickwood
“Frank was healthy. His death came as a complete shock to us,” Mr Coleman’s former partner Skype Hipwell said. “We don’t know how he died, or what his final moments were like: was he in pain? I don’t know if we will ever know what happened to Frank.”

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