FORT HOOD, Texas — Army Criminal Investigation Division personnel at Fort Hood confirmed this morning that Pvt. 1st Class Wilson Jennings, Jr., committed "suicide-by-first-sergeant," and his death will not be ruled a homicide.
“This case displays all the classic suicide-by-proxy signs," confirmed CID spokeswoman Allison LeMay. "Unbloused boots. Out-of-reg sideburns. Shamming out of work details and missing medical appointments. Failing to sign routine paperwork properly, necessitating much more administrative oversight."
"The final straw was his field loss statement to the first sergeant, in which he claimed to have lost multiple TA-50 issue items," LeMay added.
Jennings, an 88M truck driver assigned to 1st Brigade (Ironhorse), 1st Cavalry Division, was originally taken to Darnall Army Medical Center with severe crush injuries and lacerations on his face and torso. Doctors attempted unsuccessfully to revive him, and Jennings was pronounced dead in the surgery room in the Emergency ward. Jennings, 21, is survived by his wife Liza, 46, and her three adult children.
