The family of Canadian Army Trooper Stefan Jankowski are mourning his death, but have questions regarding the lack of treatment for his illnesses and addictions Monday July 13, 2011.
Jul 14, 2011
By Trevor Wilhelm
WINDSOR — Dodging bullets from children, stumbling across a boy with his face blown off and grasping a dead friend in his arms — the horror was more than Stefan Jankowski could bear.
Diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and hooked on prescription drugs, the 25-year-old Windsor soldier returned home from war in Afghanistan to face a losing battle with his own demons.
His family said he died Saturday from a prescription drug overdose, after getting little help from the military he dreamt of serving from boyhood.
They want answers, saying the military “washed their hands of him” and didn’t give Mr. Jankowski the help he needed after he was discharged.
“You can’t put a gun in his hand, he can’t even take care of himself,” said father Bruce Timothy. “So they don’t need him anymore.”
“He’s been found in the front yard of his house jumping over the railing, thought he was still in the war, running around on the grass in his underwear.”
Mr. Jankowski’s problems compounded when he got hooked on painkillers and drugs prescribed for post-traumatic stress disorder. He overdosed sometime after his lawyer dropped him off early Saturday at his rooming house. His body was found the next day. Mr. Jankowski leaves behind two daughters Destiny, 7, and four-year-old Alexis.
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