Army veteran's body found inside of a storage unit
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- Опубліковано 1 чер 2023
- A family is fighting for answers months after a loved one's body is found locked up in a storage unit.
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This is horrible... My daughter is in the Air force and i pray nothing like this happens to her. Not only is the US turning its back on vets but also Americans struggling with mental health issues as well.
They promise so much yet when return they don't help 😡🤥
@@sylviarivas741. Black conservatives are protesting illegals.
Served 17 years and still homeless afterwards..yet these trump gop want to cut funds for veterans?
Keep her in your prayers always, encourage her to call regular, establish a routine with her. The military is not what some makes it out to be especially for woman and ppl of color. PTSD is real for veterans but we rarely get the help we need and when we do they rarely listen. Speaking from experience I went through it bad on all my deployments but my last one hit real hard. Didn't know what was wrong with me. Long story short I was told if I seek mental help they will not re-enlist me. I sought help and just didn't care to stay in anymore after 12yrs.
@@naycoll9784 ITS ALL ABOUT SKIN COLOR SKIN WORSHIP. YOUR A RACIST BEFORE JUDGMENT DAY. I HATE THIS WICKED WORLD 🌎. ITS ALL ABOUT OUR BLACK SKIN NOTHING ELSE MATTERS. WHITES DONT MATTER TO YOU. ONLY MINORITIES ..MINORITIES ..MINORITIES. Well lady, God told us to love your neighbor that means every race not bear false witness. Don’t judge anybody I’m pretty sure that white people need help to. 😡YOUR NOT A CHRISTIAN
I personally Thank him for his service to the world May God help the family cope with this terrible situation
Check on your love ones u never no what's going on with them . People are crazy that do not sound right. Sorry for your lost. RIP.
How many Americans are "living" in storage units? The U.S. is paying millions to help people who are in the country illegally, but won't give the same level of help to its own people---especially veterans. Shame.
let's not forget 50 billion to russia and ukraine to keep the war machine going
And all those billions to Ukraine forget our veterans
Treason calls for action by all patriots.
How was the US able to absorb all of the Afghan people that were brought into the country.
What "illegal" people are Amerikkka assisting? White ones? Because they sure aren't any people of color. This a divisive technic the government has created to have us blaming other oppressed people for governmental neglect/failure! If you're not part of the 1%, your getting screwed like the rest of us!
This is so sad. Rest in peace sir.
This is so sad. I'm sorry for your loss. Quality mental health care in this country is unaffordable for most people. Their son did not deserve to die like this.
I pray that they find the answers they seek and justice for their son.
Rest in eternal peace soldier.
he lived in a storage unit because that's what he could afford.
As a 28yr Army veteran, this breaks my heart. Here we have a death and no feedback from authorities. (Autopsy report, criminal investigation?) For everyone, the public DESERVES feedback. As for how the federal government treats vets? We ALL know it is poor. That speaks volumes for how our politicians hold veterans in contempt. Illegal aliens get more help than our veterans. That is shameful and WRONG!
I'm a veteran and I was homeless for almost 4 years, but have been in my own apartment for a year now ONLY through the help of the VA. So the VA will help, but it is a process. There are veteran only shelters that do a decent job of helping you find your way back to a normal life. But the biggest reason people become & stay homeless is severe mental illness. For those with schizophrenia, severe bi-polar, & delusional disorder, they are their own worst enemies & are extremely challenging to treat successfully over a lifetime. It's just really sad, because they didn't ask to be mentally ill, yet there's not one area of their life that isn't negatively affected.
I helped a Veteran and his service dog find an affordable appointment. The VA in NM was not helpful at the time. Also Veterans with service dogs need help caring for their dog if they are hospitalized. My friends and I found a foster family for a Veteran service dog, when he was😅 hospitalized.
@@sierravista9013 Very kind of you to help this veteran and his service dog. Thank you.
So sorry 😞 to hear this about a fellow veteran! RIP
How do we let our heroes live like this after they give everything for us and our country. God bless you all and your family.
Our vets need more support than illegal immigrants.
Exactly and us citizens.
Same here in the UK, they get hotels, food and money. Our people are on the streets begging.
God does not care about us.
Facts💯💯💯
Its sad that you think we actually have to choose between the two. The U.S. has plenty of money to begin solving both issues, but our politicians choose to hold them hostage and use people like you as their pawns and mouth pieces.
This is a very important story,for it involves multiple systemic issues in America. Mental health, treatment of (active and post duty)veterans and homelessness.
🤦🏽♀️🥹🙏🏽🙏🏽MY SON IS IN THE MARINES & I PRAY MY SON STAYS IN HIS RIGHT MIND😩🙏🏽🙏🏽
I served in the Army and Navy.
The VA could care less about those who served. I think he was homeless.
And thats why I never want my kids to ever serve!! The goverment just uses our men and woman for banker wars anyway .
In also severed in the Army and the Navy and I am a home health nurse for veterans. You are absolutely correct.
Very true
It would make sense. Our government doesn’t help those who are us citizens but will break their backs for illegals.
That's a shame I heard nothing but good things about the VA
They locked the unit not realizing he was in it.... bet that's what happened... now they're trying to figure out damage control. This is such a sad story. Our veterans need to be cared for, not tossed aside. The military that damaged them needs to be held accountable. Our veteran long term care is disgraceful!
I’ve rented storage units and they do not lock them for you. They will call you to come back and lock it. They do not have your lock. But they have their own locks to lock you out of your unit if you do not pay your storage rent.
@@KimmieJ1920 so they didn't know he was in there. He would of probably hidden.
It might sound crude but as soon as I heard the reporter say "his body was found in a storage unit" and that he was a veteran, I knew he was living in it, those places have tons of people that rent the units to live in them, he wouldn't be alone and the rest doing the same likely were thinking that he had a couple of bucks, 9 out of 10 of those ppl rent the units with cash from their food stamps account, we went rent a Uhaul unit and it was so bad that my wife doesn't even want to go back to pick up the stuff we stored😂.. that's the 1st thing we found, crackheads leaving couple of doors down from us...
Not true, thats not how it works. I used to work for them.
@@karlwalter2242 I don't blame her... I'd have trouble going back too!!
(I'd just let my husband deal with it!!) 😅
Rip my brother. Thank you for your service and I mean that. 😢❤
Such a beautiful young man, what a shame! 😢
A storage unit beats the streets or a vehicle. Been there done that. Working poor.
So sorry for your loss. Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.
This is sad 😔. Rip 🕊 🙏🏽😥. I remember back around 2008 I moved to Atlanta and I had my belongings in a unit. I looked and saw 👀 a brother living in a unit first time in my life.
Did you ask if he was ok
Wow. Dad looks very young. It’s sad that his son couldn’t function in society. Must be very hard to accept these circumstances.😢
He does look young
I just said the same thing. Dad looks really good for having a son that age. My condolences to the family...
Yeah, but it's not the storage facility fault. Making public storage liable is nuts that's going to increase monthly dues to everyone else!
His son's death is sad, but it's his son's fault not public storages!
@@fubarlife7776
Where is the mercy for human life?
Its not his son fault if someone, or a employee locked him in there, and he could not get out, and died in there. The family need to sue the storage company. It's obvious there was foul play. The employee actions speak loud, that did not want to be investigated. When the family went there for answers. Someone is guilty of this. Cameras will tell who did this!
@@VCurtis7 Nope father admitted son living in the storage unit. Public storage not liable for homeless living in unit. The contact specifically states it's not allowed to live in a storage unit. Even if he was locked in which he would have been ever night after alarm was set, is not a death sentence. Surly you can imagine that he had food water and toilet provisions set up in his unit if he's been living in storage units for years!
If you can't reason and see Public storage has no obligation to pay for anything more than cleaning up his unit!
I am so very sorry this happened to this family! I pray that they get answers for closure.
This is horrible..... there needs to be justice..
@@eurofox994 -Well you cant lock yourself in your storage unit!
When family pretends to care after the matter Horrible how so many homeless people die like this being neglected rather than fighting to get answers for their death they should be fighting to get them the care they needed. HOW DO YOU IGNORE YOUR LOVED ONES ARE LIVING IN A STORAGE UNIT BUT LIKE ALWAYS BLAME OTHERS FOR THE FAMILIES NEGLIGENCE 🤮
There are many veterans like this man who are struggling. Yet, millions of illegal immigrants are ENCOURAGED to enter our country.
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Being a Army PTSD Veteran for many years you struggle with the mental issues, and it's overwhelming at times, especially when your own family doesn't understand, let alone the community in which we live.
We are often times stigmatized by our mental illness. It's not not hard to see why there is such a high rate of suicide rate among Veteran's! In 2021, research found that 30,177 active duty personnel and veterans have died by suicide, 17 (16.8) Veteran suicides a day. The suicide rate for Veterans is 1.5 times higher than that of the general population. In my case my children, and siblings have never taken the time to try to understand the daily battles, the demons inside that a soldier has to face. You attach that mental reality along with the other daily struggles that a indigenous person has to endure in this society. Things such as, unqualified and unprofessional medical practitioners, lack of proper medical treatment,
a VA system that is broken, extremely racist Doctor's and individuals that have no empathy for Veterans. Many of these individual's have no business working within the VA system.
Veterans deserve better care than what they receive. But America is not a country (that's a fallacy), it is a corporation that cares about profit over lives.
RIP Sir thank you for your service. It's hard to admit you need help, service members are a stubborn bunch it's hard for them to ask for help. There tough. Asking for help makes them feel weak.
Some not all
I live in Phoenix and love your reporting. Truly tragic story. I hope the family gets some form of answer's. He should be honored not disposed of in this manner. Prayers for the family and those involved.
Damn. I lived in a storage unit before, but it was Winter time in the North. I couldn't imagine being in one in Houston's Hot Weather
Are veterans being targeted or wtf?.
They're evil people never know😢they go to the military with intent to kill.
i was in a garage band in portland, and we would play a storage unit. i could not believe how many families were living inside those things
Heartbreaking.😢
If the Unit was locked from the outside, then that means he was purposefully locked in the Unit.
He didn't lock himself in there - not from the outside.
If family knew he was struggling and living there, they should have acted, not waited until bis death.
Probably he had been locked inside the unit by a Public Storage worker that didn't knew someone was inside that unit. Public storage lock their storages for non-payment after the 5th day of the month.
Public Storage has surveillance cameras everywhere. Definitely these videos will be helpful.
*The storage worker knew the guy was there and locked him in due to pure hate. They knew that unit with the door closed and locked would be an oven and the guy would suffocate and die, it's been in the 90s here in DaLLas/FtW which actually feels like 100 degrees due to the humidity. If the storage or worker knew nothing about the man being locked in or dead then why did they immediately refuse to talk to police? Use your heads people, he already knew the man was dead, he was locked in and dead for days as well.*
He obviously was NOT late on Rent, He had the Same JOB for 2 years straight and didn't show up for WORK🤨. So ALL that You said was IRRELEVANT!!!! He was LOCKED IN INTENTIONALLY!!!! Go Back and LISTEN CLOSELY TO ALL THE DETAILS. Damn 😤
@@osamawilliams9042 They must investigate. That's it. Irrelevant? Do you was there? Let them do their job. Maybe was intentionally or not. Let them to investigate this terrible and sad case.
@@bigtexas7580 why is the people posting so disgusting? Let them to investigate. If the PS worker did it intensional. He must be punished for what he did. Let the investigation move forward. This is a terrible dead. Its a very sad case.
Public storage has cameras throughout their facilities. The attorney, or the dad (LEO) should request all footage near his unit, for the timeframe that's within range of his death.
And legal proceedings against them need to begin for withholding information, and for his death on their property.
it is not their fault fool
So sorry for the loss. Condolences to the family.
Condolences To You And Your Family . May God Give You All Strength In Your Time Of Need . Prayers Your Way . 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Rest in peace. Family shouldn't allow family to live in that condition especially if they have mental health. Nowadays family is not like it used to be.
You can't force a Whole Grown Ass MAN to do NOTHING, Family or NOT😶 He was a Veteran whom probably had PTSD, a person who Feels some kinda way about Life. No you do the Best you can offering Support and Love but HOW would YOU Force a Whole Grown Ass MAN to do Something 🤔
That's fucked up they knew he was in that unit. And they locked him in there. So fucked up.
@@eurofox994 at 4:17 he said when the police initially went to the unit, it was locked. Then he says the next day they found his body in the unit. But it was unclear how they unlocked it to get inside
@@eurofox994 yea it was very confusing. I had to rewind at that 4:17 timestamp bc I thought I missed something. From my understanding, he says when the police initially found him, the unit was locked, but they still don’t know how it became unlocked the next day bc the police aren’t giving them any more information. So they’re kind of left in the dark and wont know if there was foul play until they get the full story from police and autopsy. That’s how I interpreted it at least.
Such a handsome man i hope the family gets justice.
😢Horrific needless tragedy 😢 RIP... thank you for your service. I am so sorry your country has let you down in your time of need. May God's justice be served here. 🙏
I wonder if he fell asleep or passed out and management came by and locked it on him.
God bless the family and sorry for the lost...
As an American veteran thats died mysteriously, the federal government should have been all over this but we already know our current administration considers military veterans as disposable
Our government is corrupt regardless of who’s in it at the time.
Current administration? Tell me you're a political hack who's a part of the problem without saying it. You should do some actual research on who's been fighting for veterans' rights and well-being.
This country needs mental health facilities.... ones like we used to have before Reagan arbitrarily closed them.... there's blood on that man's hands!
I wonder if an employee at Public Storage used one of their locks and locked him in in a sick way to so called teach him a lesson. What a cruel thing to do to anyone especially a veteran
It does make one wonder.......
You could be on to something?
Bet if the Public Storage company had locked him out and he froze, lawyer would be arguing he has a lawsuit cause they had a duty to allow him inside
Ok, got it. So you guys are laying the ground work for a lawsuit against the Corporation for not being a good loving family member to this ill patient.
Yea that part of the argument was kind of reaching. I doubt they will have a case against the company. But if what they are saying about the storage employee is correct, then they might have a criminal case against him. Regardless, this is a very sad situation. If it was homicide, I hope they get the justice they deserve.
Exactly whats going on. $$$
Dad shoulda been checking on his son frequently knowing he was living in a storage facility! He should've been bringing him food, water, taking him out places, etc. More Involved!!!
I am praying for this Veteran & his family. Edit: Get ALL security videos from this company!
Rest in paradise, I think independence is great, but our mental health is vital, something invisible can be a greater disability than some visible/physical disabilities
May God Help Y’all Get to the Bottom of This 😡 definitely sounds like foul play! Unfortunately it’s cheaper to live in a storage unit and you don’t have to worry about neighbors. I have PTSD and it’s hard to be around crowds of people and at one point I rented office space at a storage unit because it was more isolated but off the streets and more affordable. I’m a Navy Veteran and Pray Someone comes forward!!!
I bet the owner of that storage unit whoever was running the place has either fled the country or sold it 10 to one they're from India or Asia. Cuz one of them walked by one oh there's not a lock on here I'll put one on here click though I don't know what type of lock they use but if it's a bad lock somebody had to hook it through the loop and lock it where is that somebody?
Well Thats pretty racist. You’re reaching.
He is not suffering anymore😢
Where was his family when he needed the help? Now that he is no longer here physically they seek answers? He decided not to be with his family for a reason that or his family just denied him any help. For the family to say they don’t know why he chose to live at a unit we all can see through that. SMH. He kept a job and found a place that he could afford and felt safe rather than choosing the streets. My respects for him for staying strong. 🙏🙏🙏✨ Let us seek the Kingdom of Heaven not the possessions of this world for all shall pass but the word of the LORD will stand forever and ever. Amen.
Matthew 6:33
Matthew 24:35
Prayers for the family 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
You can’t blame public storage if he broke in and slept there.
Condolences and Prayers for the Family.
How Heartbreaking
😢
Bless him. 🥺 🙏🏾💐
I'm so sorry ☹️
People need to stop 🛑 judging the family. Sometimes no matter what you do 🙏 the person is an adult and you are limited in what you can do. Also some of the organizations Veterans Administration, Mental Health and Housing have such insurmountable processes just to receive assistance. The world can be so cold. If you don't have the mindset, funds or personal connections, it is too easy to become a statistic. My heart ❤️ goes out to this man and his family. Easy to sit in judgement when you don't have any compassion, don't know the story and don't personally know or care about the victim.😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Condolences 💔⚖🙏🏼🕊🕯
The storage business would have been screwed either way. Had they made sure he couldn't sleep there or kicked him out overnight they would have gotten their pants sued off for discrimination! So sad!
I thank him for his services RIP
My prayers and condolences to the family
*Yeah this happened in Arlington. The storage worker knew the guy was there and locked him in due to pure hate. They knew that unit with the door closed and locked would be an oven and the guy would suffocate and die, it's been in the 90s here in DaLLas/FtW which actually feels like 100 degrees due to the humidity. If the storage or worker knew nothing about the man being locked in or dead then why did they immediately refuse to talk to police? Use your heads people, he already knew the man was dead. He was locked in and dead for days as well, came up missing March 23rd and police didn't show up to the storage unit until April.*
Someone employed at Public Storage probably lives on the property. There is an employee who lives onsite at most Public Storage locations. The locations with lighthouses have people living onsite, I believe, but I am not completely certain of that. Most locations do have apartments onsite for an employee to live at and keep a look out for things such as meth labs and homeless people living in lockers.
Heartbreaking 💔🙏🏿for the family.
Bless his soul, may he RIP. The responsibility is his own. Not the storage place. They also need to take responsibility that they his family knew he was suffering from mental illness. When is it time to start taking responsibility for your own actions. To stop blaming society. Be self accountable. The employees thought he was gonna be attacked because of the reactions of who confronted him. He was alone and confronted. Most bosses will tell their employees not speak to anyone but police. Especially if there is a situation like this. Sorry history has repeatedly shown the dangers of not being cautious as an employee. To blame the storage for anything todo w that man lying and scamming his way into staying there. Seriously he was breaking the law by living there w no permission. The family knew about the storage unit so are they responsible too for his death ? This is just sad all around. Sad they blasted his face and personal struggles to the world. Wish people would consider if the decease would really want blasted out. Especially if it was self induced death or overdose. Just sad. Time to start taking responsibility for one own action and choices. Not point blame without knowing facts. Storage place needs to look into their own legal rights/laws to this video and what was said. Sad sad sad in every way.
While it’s possible that the storage facility did something wrong, expecting a business to protect someone with mental health issues from themselves is quite a stretch. 🤦🏻
Drugs? This just happened in my town and the cameras caught him using drogas
One thing I believe needs to change is the inability to enter a place of Your Child or Family Members that are missing. There should be an exception when someone is missing. If You can show Your Identity to be True. I’m sending Prayers for All Family Members 🙏 Praying Your Questions are Answered Soon.
Prayers
Omg 😳 that’s sad.
The young man might have been locked in the Unit, from the outside and trying to get out, realizing he couldn't get out to go to work, he panicked and had a Crisis, knowing that no one could hear his cries for, Help! He must have died a cruel Death No ventilation! No Help!Talk to the young man, who evaded questioning??? Who was Responsible for ensuring those Units were empty each and every day??? Was he asleep in the Storage Unit, after being hurt??? Please talk with that young man, to see if he will divulged any information that will assist.Your answer is not far away, it's in plain sight. Respect to The Soldier, may his Soul rest in Eternal Peace. Condolences to his family.❤🙇♀️🙏🙋♀️🙏😭💪
Rip sir😔😢
SAD
Good Reporting
Its good a lot of people are talking about and addressing the
Mental Health, issues going on in people lives. It's so serious and damaging to people and their family life. I recently lost a sister, that struggled for years, from mental health issues. She was on medication for it. Not sure if that was good either. She seemed more calm, when she took the medication. At the same time, all the prescription medication, did also damage some organs, and caused many health issues, in which she died from.
Even though it's a sad thing to lose your family member, and she will be greatly missed. I am ok knowing, that she is not suffering any more. It was indeed difficult for us, her family members to be around her. Many things we could not say to her, because she would get so angry and fight people.
May God rest her soul!
And your son that passed away.😢😢😢
God is good! Still!
Sounds like he was locked inside on purpose. They are always supposed to check, by lifting up the door. The big question is, why didn’t they just lift up the door, or call out to see if anyone was in the unit?
He could have hid!
What happened to never leave a brother behind ....this man gave his life to defend our freedoms...he should of been looked after at any cost ...this is very upsetting ...
We do gotta better for our veterans this hero shouldn't die alone in a storage unit I pray for this family rest in peace hero
Could it be that an employee noticed the unit unlocked and locked it not knowing that the guy was inside 🤔
Public Storage and that corrupt employee needs to be locked up and that company needs to be investigate for sure.
Rip so sad
So very sad.
💔😢
It gets hot in those storage units. Sadly, nobody is liable.
Scary stuff.. stay safe god bless❤
😢 died of heat no food no air no water
Wow so sad
It doesn't make sense to buy or rent when your single it coasts an arm and a leg for one room and bath it's pretty high
The father looks really young 🤔 Condolences to the family 🙏🏿
God bless, you.
l Breathe heavy when I hear about the things that is going on in this world 🌎 . Terrible.
Damn that sad
very sad!
A lot of questions! Why was he locked in? A freakn’ functional person in society/Veteran was locked inside a storage unit where he was living with no problems previous to dying! Perhaps he had problems &arguments with the people in charge of keeping the units secure. So they locked him in to :
“Teach him a lesson!”
I am so very sorry this has happened to your child. I hope you get answers sooner than later and if the storage company is to blame I pray your family Sue’s the ever loven crap out of them. If they locked him in may the Devil himself rise up and take them down!!!
He was a 7-11 worker. Why do they call him a Veteran? Maybe he liked 7-11 better than the Army. Stop marring his life history.