That's because their request for information on just what took place in those final moments before the 30-year-old died in custody at a Lindsay, Ont., jail has been denied. "They were literally counting the days," one of the family's lawyers, Edward Marrocco, told CBC News a week after learning their request was denied. Officials feared "premature disclosure" of the records could interfere with a second investigation, currently underway the Correctional Services Oversight Investigations (CSOIU). "Once the case is closed the records may then be subject to release," according to a letter signed by Kawartha Lakes Police Service's director of information services Debbie Hemminger. As that date approaches, Yusuf says the moment his family received Faqiri's body plays over and over in his mind.

Source: CBC News December 08, 2017 10:52 UTC