PEORIA, AZ — As Terri Caserta entered her son’s bedroom in their Peoria home, she broke down.

“I don’t come in here very often, every time I do I cry,” Terri said.

It’s an emotion that Terri and her husband Patrick Caserta will always carry with them. Their son Brandon was in the United States Navy from 2015 to 2018. However, at just 21, Brandon would take his own life.

“We could not believe what we were hearing, it was so unreal, and you pray that it’s just a dream, this is what you do, and you’re gonna wake up any minute, and he’s gonna be fine,” said Terri moments after learning of her son’s death.

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