KAWARTHA LAKES-The Regional Supervising Coroner for West Region, Hamilton Office, announced today that an inquest will be held into the death of Attila Csanyi.
On May 2, 2020, police and paramedics responded to a call about a man found without vital signs on the roof of Jackson Square Mall in Hamilton. He was pronounced deceased after unsuccessful resuscitation efforts. On June 5, 2020, he was identified as Attila Csanyi.
Attila grew up in Lindsay. A recent documentary explores the struggles of Attila and his twin brother Richard who found themselves in the foster care system in Ontario, the horrific things that happened to them in one of the homes, the death of one and the other’s search for answers and understanding.
Stephen Hosier produced the documentary and met Richard and Attila Csanyi in grade two.
“The first day of grade two I was sitting at the front of the room with my best friend and the teacher came up and said hey guys one of you has to move to another seat because Richard is new and he’s hard of hearing so he has to sit close to the front,” Stephen Hosier, Producer and Director of the film told Kawartha 411 news. “Obviously, we were pretty pissed off that we couldn’t sit beside each other but my friend moved and Richard sat down beside me and from that moment on we’ve been great friends and looking back I am thankful the teacher sat us beside each other”
It was at a sleepover in Grade 5 that the brothers first told Hosier they had been sexually abused in their former foster home in Toronto.
Read the full story here: https://www.kawartha411.ca/2023/10/06/attila-documentary-explores-the-tragic-early-childhood-of-twin-brothers-who-grew-up-in-lindsay/
The inquest will examine the circumstances surrounding Attila’s death. The jury may make recommendations aimed at preventing further deaths.
Hosier told Kawartha 411 that he thinks the system failed Attila and Richard.
“Richard had worked so hard to get Attila stable living conditions and it was ripped out from under him,” says Hosier. “I think Richard truly believes that the abuse they suffered in childhood had lifelong effects and could have led to Attila’s declining mental health and his death,” explains Hosier. “There are so many things going on in Richard and Attila’s story, abuse, homelessness, drug addiction and schizophrenia.”
Details regarding the date and location will be provided when the information becomes available.
