Death of Samantha Martin

Samantha Martin was a Canadian girl who died of a heart attack in December 2006 at age 13. Following her death, her parents – particularly her mother Velvet Martin – fought legal restrictions on publicizing information about children in Alberta's child welfare system, alleged that Samantha's death was caused by neglect while in foster care, and lobbied for changes to an Alberta law that required disabled children to enter foster care in order to receive medical treatment.