Probe clears military police in case of pilot charged with sexual assault who took his own life

An almost two-year-long internal investigation into how military police handled the criminal case of an air force officer who took his own life after being charged with sexual assault has cleared the officers involved of any wrongdoing, CBC News has learned.

Probe clears military police in case of pilot charged with sexual assault who took his own life
Maj. Cristian Hiestand in Afghanistan in 2010. The pilot instructor and Afghan war veteran took his own life in 2022 — about six weeks after he was charged with sexual assault.

An almost two-year-long internal investigation into how military police handled the criminal case of an air force officer who took his own life after being charged with sexual assault has cleared the officers involved of any wrongdoing, CBC News has learned.