Members of Quilt's family alleged that he died days after being beaten by Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) constables.
[1] RCMP constables Daryl Bakewell and Peter Eakins responded and found Fred Quilt along with three other members of his family in the pickup.
[4] Before his death he told a nurse at the hospital that a RCMP officer jumped up and down on him[5] a claim which was supported by Quilt's wife, Christine, and sister-in-law, Agnes.
[3] An autopsy performed by Dr. Han Choo Lee found that Quilt died from peritonitis due to "complete severance of the small bowel".
[6] The Fred Quilt committee was represented by Harry Rankin, a famous lawyer, activist and one-time Vancouver Alderman.
The confessions could lead... to a pardon and possible compensation for Stephen Hink, who served a three-year prison term for manslaughter in the Setah case.
After the Second Inquest they voiced their disappointment of the verdict and released a statement that they would proceed with an attempt to start criminal charges against one of the RCMP members who were present at Fred Quilt's alleged beating.