Family Devastated Over Iraq Vet's Suicide
Spc. Taylor Feared Being Sent Back To Iraq
POSTED: 4:33 pm CDT June 11, 2008
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Northland family is mourning a 24-year-old soldier who committed suicide on Sunday night.
Spc. Christopher Lee Taylor was twice deployed to Iraq. Relatives said he feared he would be sent to war again.
"He put a gun to his mouth and killed himself," said Sherry Carson, Taylor's mother.
Carson said she gave up her son for adoption when he was 2. She said she didn't know him well, but she still loved him.
"We had the wake last night so they could cremate him today," Carson said.
Like others who have returned from combat, relatives believe that Taylor was hiding the psychological wounds of war. They believe he feared returning to Iraq more than death itself.
Taylor was a member of the 842nd Quartermaster unit out of Kansas City, Kan. He was due in California for his two weeks of reserve training last Friday.
Because Taylor didn't show up for training, the Army told his family that they won't pay for his funeral. The Army said Taylor has a life insurance policy that would cover his funeral expenses.
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