Ex-cop suicides after crippling PTSD nightmares A retired police officer who was forced to take dead babies from their mothers for autopsy examinations, took his own life after years of battling PTSD. Crime by Danielle Gusmaroli Premium Content Subscriber only After 14 years of crippling PTSD nightmares, retired senior constable Craig Wilson took his life in a park not far from his home. He had resisted the urge to end the pain he believed he inflicted on his family but three weeks ago the martial arts instructor relinquished his fight for what he saw was a shameful life, begging for support through the NSW police workers' compensation scheme to fix the trauma he suffered as a constable in Sydney.