Cpl. Stuart Langridge's suicide mishandled by military, report finds
A Military Police Complaints Commission report on the investigations into the suicide of Cpl. Stuart Langridge details a list of errors and failures by the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service, including a decision to withhold a suicide note he had addressed to his family.
As a result, Langridge's wishes for his funeral were not respected, and his parents were denied control over funeral arrangements. Instead, the military designated Langridge's ex-girlfriend his next of kin.
Langridge, a veteran of missions in Bosnia and Afghanistan, killed himself at CFB Edmonton in 2008. After lengthy delays, the MPCC's hearings into the military's handling of their investigations wrapped up in January, 2013.
The MPCC's report is being released today. CBCNews.ca is carrying the press conference live.
The MPCC report says military police investigators were so incompetent in their initial suicide investigation, that the force should not be trusted with sudden death investigations.
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http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/politics/c...mishandled-by-military-report-finds-1.2989079
A Military Police Complaints Commission report on the investigations into the suicide of Cpl. Stuart Langridge details a list of errors and failures by the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service, including a decision to withhold a suicide note he had addressed to his family.
As a result, Langridge's wishes for his funeral were not respected, and his parents were denied control over funeral arrangements. Instead, the military designated Langridge's ex-girlfriend his next of kin.
Langridge, a veteran of missions in Bosnia and Afghanistan, killed himself at CFB Edmonton in 2008. After lengthy delays, the MPCC's hearings into the military's handling of their investigations wrapped up in January, 2013.
The MPCC's report is being released today. CBCNews.ca is carrying the press conference live.
The MPCC report says military police investigators were so incompetent in their initial suicide investigation, that the force should not be trusted with sudden death investigations.
..more...
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/politics/c...mishandled-by-military-report-finds-1.2989079