Defense Attorneys Present Testimony About PTSD
Monica Balderrama-KFOX News Reporter
Posted: 1:19 pm MDT July 23, 2009
Updated: 3:12 pm MDT July 23, 2009
EL PASO, Texas -- Jurors who will decide the sentence for a Fort Bliss soldier who pleaded guilty to intoxicated manslaughter heard from witnesses called by the defense, including the soldier's father on Thursday.
Staff Sgt. Edison Bayas' father took the stand and told the jury he noticed a change in his son after his first tour to Iraq.
Romulo Bayas testified that he was concerned because his son used to be open with him but now he's quiet as if something else entered his mind. The defense claims that Bayas suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and a war-time flashback led to the wreck that killed 19-year-old Valerie Talamantes.
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