Mum demands answers after son lay dead in Army barracks for three weeks

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'My child is dead, he’s gone, and I have no answers.'

Bernard Mongan was discovered dead in his room at the Catterick Garrison, in North Yorkshire, on January 23

But his family claim police believe he died several weeks earlier, on January 4, around the same time his phone was last used. She told Metro.co.uk: ‘I just can’t get over what has happened to my son. My child is dead, he’s gone, and I have no answers.‘I can’t even speak to anyone about it, I feel so bad.’The Iraq War veteran and father-of-three was due to transfer to another Army base a week after he was last seen alive, but his superiors failed to notice his disappearance, and did not report him Absent Without Leave .

‘So what happened? He was last active around January 1. And I wasn’t informed about his death until January 23.Bernard’s mother said he ‘dedicated his life to the army, and look what it did’Mrs Mongan said her ‘rights as a mother’ have been taken away as she can’t see her son’s body one last time before his funeral.‘So what have I got of my son now? My son dedicated his life to the Army, and look what it did.

 

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