Gerard Mitchell, a Prince Edward Island police commissioner and retired chief justice, had been tasked with reviewing the Truro Police Service investigation into the three-year-old girl's death. Terry Allen was acquitted of manslaughter in the death of three-year-old Samantha Mercer. "The investigation lacked the leadership, teamwork, organization, and supervision that are the hallmarks of proper major case management," Mitchell wrote. Gerard Mitchell, a Prince Edward Island police commissioner and retired chief justice, had been tasked with reviewing the Truro Police Service investigation into Samantha Mercer's death. (Preston Mulligan/CBC)"This was clearly a major case that required a very careful, methodical and painstaking investigative approach.

Source: CBC News September 14, 2016 15:20 UTC