Jesse James Melanson

On a cold February day in 2018, the life of Jesse James Melanson, a 33-year-old White male, came to a tragic end at his home in Richmond, Maine. A veteran of the United States Army, Melanson had served four tours in Iraq, experiences that left him with deep-seated post-traumatic stress disorder. His family recounted that he was a hardworking and generous man, a loving father to his two children, but that he was a different person after returning from the war. He struggled with his mental health ...

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