Family of Fort Hood sergeant questions Army’s effort to find him before he died
January 6, 2021
Police have concluded Fort Hood Sgt. Elder Fernandes was alive for up to three days between the time that he went missing and when he died by suicide, leaving the soldier’s family to question the Army’s efforts to find him.
“What we do know is that had they put out the proper alerts, there was a real good opportunity to get him on [Aug. 19],†said Lenny Kesten, an attorney hired by Fernandes’ family to uncover answers about the soldier’s final days.
Sgt. Elder Fernandes
The 23-year-old Fernandes was released from Fort Hood’s Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center on Aug. 17, a week after he had admitted himself to the hospital for suicidal ideations. Fernandes’ supervisor, a staff sergeant, drove him from the hospital to a residence in Killeen. The soldier, who served as a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist, was not heard from again, according to the Temple Police Department’s death investigation report released last week.
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