PTSD sufferer who gave wife, nation a scare is now 'normal again'

PTSD sufferer who gave wife, nation a scare is now 'normal again'
Since disappearing for two days with infant boy, Iraq veteran has received the care he needed.

By Kate Thayer, Tribune reporter
September 13, 2011

The Millers have a favorite photograph of themselves, taken when they started dating. It sits atop a chest in their living room, a bit weathered but in a nice frame.

To almost anyone else, its specialness isn't clear — it's just a snapshot of them out on the town in 2009. But for Jordan Pellettiere Miller, the fact that the photo is back in her home means everything.

Her husband, Chris Miller, 30, a former Marine and an Iraq war veteran, disappeared for two days in October 2010, taking with him the Millers' infant son, Jackson, his clothes, a supply of frozen breast milk and that cherished photo.

The disappearance of the veteran and his baby sparked national media attention. In those reports, Jordan pleaded for her husband to come home. "Please, our family needs you," she told the Tribune.
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