WARNING: This story contains details of suicide/violence.
The family of the wife of military veteran Lionel Desmond is calling on the federal or Nova Scotia governments to relieve them of the home where the horrific murder-suicide took place.
Desmond killed his wife Shanna, his daughter Aaliyah and his mother Brenda in a family home in Guysborough County in January 2017. Desmond, who suffered from acute PTSD and had been struggling to get treatment, then turned the gun on himself.
Last month, the judge presiding over a fatality inquiry into the tragedy released his final report. It contained 25 recommendations that focused on trying to prevent circumstances
