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The Canadian military threatened the grieving parents of a soldier who committed suicide with legal sanctions if they did not turn over documents they had collected in their attempts to get to the bottom of their daughter’s death.

Both Rick and Ellen Rogers received a summons in July 2013 to testify at the military board of inquiry into the death of their daughter, Lt. Shawna Rogers, who had been stationed at CFB Edmonton.

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Oct. 29, 2012: Lt. Shawna Rogers is found dead at her residence in Edmonton.

Feb. 8, 2013: Rick Rogers asks that all correspondence from the Board of Inquiry (BOI) and Canadian Forces be handled by his lawyer.

March 5, 2013: The Office of the Judge Advocate General writes Rogers’ lawyer stating that the chain of command is free to and will continue to communicate directly with the couple.

March 8, 2013: A BOI is convened to investigate the cause of Lt. Rogers’ death.