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WINNIPEG — A woman who was found dead in frigid weather last week outside of a Winnipeg apartment building has been identified by her family as a mother of four children who was admitted to hospital on Christmas Day.

Winnipeg police have said they are investigating the non-criminal death of a person whose body was found frozen on Dec. 28, but declined to release a name or gender.

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Eleanor Sinclair said it was her daughter, Windy Sinclair, 29.

Sinclair said her daughter was struggling with a meth addiction, called 911 on Christmas night in distress and was taken to Seven Oaks General Hospital in an ambulance.

When she called the hospital the next day to check up on her she said staff told her that Windy Sinclair had been released.

Eleanor Sinclair said her daughter’s death could have been prevented and she wants answers.

“I want them to tell me why she was left alone to leave on her own,” she said Wednesday. “They should have policies enabling them to hold people that are clearly under the influence.”