WARNING: This story contains distressing details about suicide. It also includes details of allegations of sexual assault which may be triggering.
A Canadian air force officer who took his own life after being charged with sexual assault was deemed by a military medical officer and a social worker to present a “moderate” suicide risk — but a military investigation has found there was little formal follow-up by his superiors.
A board of inquiry into the death of Maj. Cristian Hiestand said that the career pilot was placed on medical employment limitations shorty after being accused of two counts of sexual assault and was
