My sister has been in Iraq for 1 month, her husband, also in the army is home in germany with their 6 month old baby. Their baby died this morning (sids??) and we have received little to no information. All we know is that she is being flown back to Germany. The Army has her husband in some sort of "custody" suicide watch, and the baby was taken for an autoposy. It's almost 24 hours since she was notified of the death in Iraq and she has not yet returned to Germany or called home with further info. When will her husband be realeased and when will the baby get to come home to the states for a proper burial?
2007-11-27 13:11:48 · 4 answers · asked by marybd68 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
If the custody he's in is a suicide watch, he'll either be released when a doctor judges he is no danger to himself, or, they may release him to her when she arrives. A lot depends on teh circumstances as well as on the character and metle of the two people involved here.
He and she will be the ones to decide when and where the baby is burried, unless neither can be considered competent, in which case the next of kin they have listed will be called in to make those kids of decisions.
This is a horrible situation. I'm so sorry for the loss all of you have experienced and the difficulty that the circustances present.
2007-11-27 13:21:40 · answer #1 · answered by RTO Trainer 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Right now she is probably working through the process of getting on a flight to Germany. If with her expedited status, it takes a while and phones are always where you need them to be. She knows everything she needs to get home, she'll get the rest of the details when she gets there.
If her husband was suicidal then they will keep him under watch until the medical Authority determines he is no longer a threat to himself. That may be when his wife arrives, but it could get worse when she arrives...especially if she blames him for the death. People do make irrational accusations when they are grieving, which could make it all the worse for everyone.
Once everything settles down with the parents, they will decide where the baby will be buried, it could be buried in Germany if they chose, or they may fly to the States and have the baby buried close to their home. They may chose to have the remains cremated andnot bury them anywhere. that is the parents' decision.
The Mom will be home in a couple of days (it does take time to fly from Iraq to Germany) and everything will workout then.
I'm sorry for your loss, it must be difficult for you not being close to help.
2007-11-27 22:00:04 · answer #2 · answered by Greenman 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow, I'm so sorry. First is to get wife to Germany on the first flight there and get her to her husband. Then they need to get in touch with the proper authorize to transport the family home. I don't mean to sound cruel I hope that he had the baby on all the documents in Germany if not they will have to do that first. At least that's what happen when I worked in Personnel and we had a case like this. Once all the military paper work is once paper is done and they release the babys body then the military will transport them home. I'm not sure how far. You sister will know more when she get to Germany. I know the Commanders and Red Cross will do everything in their powers to get everyone home, My prayers are with your family. I would then recommend a hardship transfer for the wife to be back with her husband. When she home she needs to get recommedations from who ever she can and if she has time to get them while in Germany that would help to.
2007-11-27 21:30:59 · answer #3 · answered by path2631 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He'll be on suicide watch until they determine that he is no longer suicidal. The remains of the child should be sent to the US after the autopsy is complete. They'll need parental consent for that to happen.
2007-11-27 21:20:56 · answer #4 · answered by DOOM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋