An 18-year-old mother of two toddlers from Port Alberni, B.C., has died while in police custody.

The B.C. Coroners Service says Jocelyn Nynah Marsha George was taken into custody and put in an RCMP cell in Port Alberni on June 23.

George was taken to Westcoast General Hospital the next morning after she was found "in need of medical attention" in her cell, according to the coroners service.