CNN Erin Burnett OutFront April 8, 2015 23:45:00
For his family the 50-year-old struggled in an inperfect world and his place in it. he came from a large extended family. he was one of three sons. >> i had two brothers. i had two brothers but now i have one brother. out of my brothers he was the most out going out of all of us. he knew everybody. >> reporter: that outgoing personality brought him to the u.s. coast guard at age 19. he served for two years until a drug related offense led to an involuntary separation. got received a general discharge under honorable conditions when he left in 1986. his family says the years that followed broug...