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Veteran who killed his family, himself sought help from 6 doctors before triple-murder suicide

Veteran who killed his family, himself sought help from 6 doctors before triple-murder suicide Laura Fraser © Dave Irish/CBC Lionel Desmond, an Afghanistan war veteran and former sniper, suffered complex post-traumatic stress disorder and sought help from six doctors in rural Nova Scotia before killing his wife, daughter, mother and himself in January 2017. In the final months of Lionel Desmond s life, he would visit six different doctors near his home in rural Nova Scotia, looking for the same thing: Help for ongoing symptoms of severe post-traumatic stress disorder. He had been told that follow-up care would be waiting after his release from a psychiatric hospital. It was not.

Dissociative episodes made N S veteran relive time in Afghanistan, fatality inquiry hears

Posted: Feb 26, 2021 9:38 AM AT | Last Updated: February 26 On Jan. 3, 2017, veteran Lionel Desmond shot his daughter, mother, wife and then himself in a home in Upper Big Tracadie, N.S. An inquiry into the fatalities continued on Friday.(Dave Irish/CBC) The military psychiatrist to first treat Lionel Desmond after he was released from the military said the veteran s post-traumatic stress disorder included dissociative events that would send him back to Afghanistan for minutes at a time.  Dr. Anthony Njoku, who testified Friday at the fatality inquiry in Nova Scotia, described Desmond s PTSD as severe when they met in 2015 and said he felt from the beginning Desmond would benefit from in-patient treatment. 

Lionel Desmond s family to testify as fatality inquiry resumes

Sister of veteran who killed family testifies about lack of support at N.S. inquiry Laura Fraser © Dave Irish/CBC The second session of the fatality inquiry into the deaths of former soldier Lionel Desmond and his family resumes today, following an 11-month break due to the pandemic. Members of two families at the heart of the Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry have begun to share what they remember of the time leading up to the tragedy that shattered a small community in Guysborough County, N.S., on Jan. 3, 2017. That afternoon, Desmond, an Afghanistan veteran with complex post-traumatic stress disorder, shot his wife, Shanna; his 10-year-old daughter, Aaliyah; his mother, Brenda; and then turned the gun on himself. 

As the Lionel Desmond inquiry resumes, a look at what has been learned so far

HALIFAX Lionel Desmond was a desperately ill man, and he knew it. The former Canadian soldier was suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder and a possible traumatic brain injury when he was released from the military in 2015. Veterans Affairs Canada was responsible for his ongoing care, but something went terribly wrong after he was discharged from a treatment facility in Montreal in August 2016. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or As the Lionel Desmond inquiry resumes, a look at what has been learned so far Back to video On Jan. 3, 2017, Desmond used a Soviet-era SKS 7.62 semi-automatic carbine to kill his 52-year-old mother Brenda, his 31-year-old wife Shanna and their 10-year-old daughter Aaliya in the family’s home in Big Tracadie, N.S.

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