And another investigation that's still underway is that of 23-year-old Private Micha Miguel. She took her own life back in late July and her family alleged that she had been physically and sexually assaulted while on camp.
Today Brigadier General Loria told us that the court of inquiry is completed but that there is one missing piece of evidence - Miguel's cellphone. That may be the key to cementing the circumstantial evidence they've found so far.
Here's how he put it:
Brigadier General Azariel Loria, Commander, BDF
"We have the court of inquiry, it is finished, it has been handed over to me. By and large it is mostly private matters that I cannot disclose to the public. There is circumstantial evidence that bullying did occur and also that there is evidence, circumstantial evidence of sexual harassment by an individual. At this point in time, it's circumstantial, the court of inquiry couldn't verify if it is factual and there is this reason why it could not be verified because some text messages are in her phone, however, very unfortunate for us it is in the police's custody, we couldn't retrieve it, so whenever the police department finishes with their investigation, we will see, we will try to access the contents of what was in that cellphone when it comes to the harassment of this individual and then we will pick it up from there."
