Unseen wounds:Woman says PTSD led to husband's arrest

I just published this post without any comment from me, but just as I closed the post, I changed my mind. The fact this wife is crying out for help for her husband was just too much. It's the same cry I had 26 years ago and wives before me had. Why are we still crying for help for the men and women we trust the government with? We trust their lives and their futures, in a sense our own futures, expecting nothing in return but the government lives up to their obligation if they end up wounded. Is that too much to ask? Apparently it is when after all these years of researching PTSD they still have yet to come up with appropriate care for those wounded by it.

Unseen Wounds: Local woman says PTSD led to husband’s arrest
KGET 17 - Bakersfield,CA,USA

A Bakersfield woman says post-traumatic stress disorder led to her husband being arrested. After serving his country for 17 years as a U.S. Marine, Lisa Beville says her husband was diagnosed with P.T.S.D. two years ago, and over the weekend, he snapped.

Beville says her husband is joining hundreds of other veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder that end up behind bars or homeless. The Bakersfield woman is crying out for help, not to get her husband out of jail, but to get him the treatment he needs.

“He literally gave his mind and body for his country and I think it's time for his country to step in and take care of him,” Beville tearfully said.

Beville says numerous medals and 16 confirmed kills later, Walthall Beville was diagnosed with P.T.S.D. and forced to medically retire two years ago.

“He doesn't remember anything except shooting and the next memory he has is the C.O. saying, ‘Ok, you need to stop. You need to stop,’” Beville said of the incident that led to her husband medically retiring from the Marines.

Since then the Bakersfield woman says her husband has suffered from severe depression and nightmares. But it wasn't until early Saturday morning that she says she saw a completely different side of him. Police say Walthall Beville was drinking with friends when a fight broke out and he beat three people.
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