Fort Hood soldier was still alive days after he disappeared, raising possibility that suicide could have been prevented, reports show
Fort Hood soldier was still alive days after he disappeared, raising possibility that suicide could have been prevented, reports show Family slams Army for not looking harder for troubled soldier By Andrea Estes Globe Staff,Updated December 13, 2020, 5:56 p.m. Email to a Friend A military honor guard carried the casket of US Army Sergeant Elder Fernandes into St. Edith Stein Parish in Brockton during the soldier's funeral in September.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff/The Boston Globe Army Sergeant Elder Fernandes of Brockton was alive for days after he was discharged from a Fort Hood psychiatric h...