Marine who died after police chase had PTSD

Marine who died after police chase had PTSD
By Arthur H. Rotstein - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday May 16, 2008 8:01:41 EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. — A decorated Marine Corps staff sergeant who apparently fatally shot his brother before killing himself at the end of a long police chase had served multiple tours in Iraq and had written about coping with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Pinal County Sheriff’s spokesman Mike Minter said no motive has been established for why Travis N. “T-Bo” Twiggs, 36, killed his 38-year-old brother Willard J. “Will” Twiggs and then himself on Wednesday.

Nor is it known why both brothers earlier in the week may have tried to commit suicide by attempting to drive their car into the Grand Canyon.

Reached at home in Louisiana Thursday, the father of both men declined to talk to a reporter, and their stepmother did not return a phone call.

Travis Twiggs’ wife, Kellee, told KNXV-TV in Phoenix that her husband was on various medications and couldn’t sleep at times.


Rest of article at: http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2008/05/ap_marine_carjacking_update_051508/

i went to school with one of his siblings, and another friend from school who was closer to the Twiggs family sent me this link regarding SSgt Twiggs:


also: http://www.healingcombattrauma.com/2008/05/the-ballad-of-t.html