N.J. mom ‘horrified’ after autopsy shows son’s treatment during Navy SEAL ‘Hell Week’ training

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Kyle Mullen, 24, of Manalapan, died as a result of pneumonia after the training, authorities said.

the grueling first phase of U.S. Navy SEAL training called “Hell Week,” was supposed to be the best man at his brother TJ’s June wedding. A photo of Kyle was set up at the ceremony instead.in Manalapan at the start of the month. Fitting, his mother Regina said, as he was devoted to his community.

Kyle died of “acute pneumonia due to Streptococcus pyogenes,” according to the May 2 report written by U.S. Army Regional Medical Examiner Wendy Warren. Streptococcus pyogenes is “a major human-specific bacterial pathogen” that can be mild or life-threatening depending on the case, theMullen’s mother said the military’s autopsy simply acted as confirmation of a private autopsy she’d already paid $6,000 to complete some weeks prior.

Signs that her son was suffering during the training and was not provided appropriate medical treatment came prior to Feb. 4, she said.A few months later, he FaceTimed her. “He called me that day when he Hell Week and I heard it on the phone. I was yelling at him to FaceTime me. ‘You don’t sound good,’ I said. ‘What’s wrong,” she remembered. “He goes, ‘No, mom, I’m good. I love you’ and he hung up the phone.”

She is currently waiting on the results of an investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. NCIS did not immediately reply when asked for comment Sunday.and was named team most valuable player. He was also a six-time letter winner in football and basketball, according to his Yale biography. He was on the Honor Roll and a member of the National Honor Society.

 

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