BROCKTON, MASS. (WHDH) - Friends and family of fallen Brockton soldier Elder Fernandes marched march Monday afternoon as they continue to demand answers about his death.
The group made their way from Brockton High School to Brockton City Hall at 2 p.m. amid a congressional investigation into the suicides, homicides, and disappearances at Fort Hood in Texas.
“We’re coming here today to show we’re still mourning we’re still sad,” Fernandes’s aunt Leonilde Fernandes Neves said. “We still don’t know what happened to Elder. They won’t tell us anything”
Fernandes was found dead on Aug. 25, more than 20 miles from the Army base where he was stationed.
He had previously been reported missing by Killeen and U.S. Army police on Aug. 19 after last being seen on Aug. 17.
The Army said Fernandes had made a complaint about sexual harassment and was hospitalized before he disappeared but did not release any other details about his death.
His family said they still do not know what he was hospitalized and they are demanding answers.
“He chose to go serve America so America give us something,: Fernandes Neves said. “You took something from us, you took something from us, what are you giving us? We work here, we work, we do the best we can to make this country better, we gave it our blood, I gave you my nephew, what are you giving me?”
Fernandes is one of nearly 30 soldiers connected to Fort Hood who have died this year.
At least nine of them are considered to have happened under unusual or suspicious circumstances.
Though authorities have said they do not believe foul play was involved in Fernandes’s death.
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