The fatality inquiry into a triple murder-suicide in Guysborough Co. is expected to start hearings in September.
Lionel Desmond, a 33-year-old Afghan war veteran diagnosed with PTSD, killed his wife, daughter, mother and himself in their Upper Big Tracadie home in Jan. 2017.
Members of Desmond’s family have long said he didn’t get the help he needed from federal and provincial agencies.
A spokesperson for the judiciary says Warren Zimmer, a provincial court judge, will start hearing evidence at the municipal building in Guysborough in September.
Zimmer will hear applications from anyone interested in participating in the inquiry May 21; applications to participate must be submitted by April 29.
Desmond served two tours of duty in Afghanistan in 2007.
