Two Sergeants left a few hours ago. Sergeant 1st class Andrew Beck is my "Casualty Assistance Officer". I asked Beck how did my son die. He said they found him at 6:30 A.M. 4/9/08 with a gunshot wound to his head. I asked,

     "Found him? Was he lost? Was he AWOL? Was he on Duty?" Beck said that he didn't have any more information until after the investigation. I asked Beck, "Who shot him? Was it friendly or enemy fire? MY daughter said that they implied it was self inflicted", (which my daughter could not believe). Beck looked down and said he did not know at this time. I informed Beck that I had spoken to his wife and she told me that she had spoken to Jake a couple of hours prior to them finding him. She told me that he was in good spirits and making plans for when he came home. I also informed Beck, Jake had a myspace web site where he would write down his feelings and concerns, I also told Beck I understand psychology and that Jake would not kill himself without leaving a note to explain why. Beck said I should not listen to any other story until I got the full report from him in a few weeks. He told me Jake's body would be in the United States by 10:30 tonight.