He was 40 years of age (in fact more likely 39, but who's counting?- Chimples).
He was awaiting trial or sentencing after being charged with second degree murder.
No cause of death was provided for Jason Sivret's demise but the use of "tragically" indicates that he had loved ones, including a son named Christian Ireland.
The notation suggests that his death was unexpected so there's a possibility that something happened to him behind bars. It's most likely a suicide but he might also have been killed.
Sivret was a schizophrenic whose condition had worsened in recent years.
He spent time bouncing back and forth between his mother's in Ontario and in his hometown of Fredricton.
He took a pipe fitters course about 15 years ago but did not have a job, according to a family member I interviewed Tuesday. His mother did not reveal the cause of death when she talked to family members.
Sivret once left a man in his sixties with a six-stitch forehead cut after attacking him with a bicycle lock for no apparent reason in Fredericton in 2008. He offered to spend time in a mental institution after that instead was sentenced to six months.
Sivret's newphew Denis Sivret Jr., then 22, randomly punched a homeless man leading to manslaughter charges in 2008.
Sivret's brother Denis Sivret died two years ago in Fredericton at the age of 57, just months before Sivret made the fatal random attack. His father Edmond Sivret, who worked as a pipe fitter, lived to 71, dying in 2005.