Father kills infant son..

[puakinikini]

This is a very sad case, and one that like many abuse cases, could have had intervention at a number of levels. There are clearly not enough mental health supports for parents, whether they are military or civilian.

[Shy2481]

I was curious too, since this was several years ago - the most recent thing I can find is from 2007, nothing about a trial or verdict.

The piece from 2007 was an interview with him - whoever made the "perfect storm" comparison was right on - he and his wife married and had kids very young, then he joined the Marines, went to Iraq, got a call that his wife gave birth to their second child and the child was fine but she was on life support - he flew home and she died. He had basically never had anything to do with raising the first child (being deployed) so was just completely overwhelmed with two to raise by himself. He really needed help badly and didn't get it from anywhere. I think Kval is right on with the follow up suggestion - especially in a situation like this, there should've been some type of home visits maybe even.

I did read one article where it said he was charged with his sons murder but it didn't say how long or anything. I believe that he agreed to stop life support, and he lived with his sister with the kids. I can understand being alone but really i am sure that since he was living with someone that he did have alittle help, he just wasn't sure how to handle everything.