Brandon Xavier was popular in school, healthy, cheerful, good-natured, got good grades and had a family that loved and supported him. His dream was to become a physical therapist. But on Feb. 9, 2013, Brandon took his own life in his home in Peachtree City. He was 16 years old.
Today, Brandon’s parents Iraida and Alex Camacho remember their son, who would have graduated high school this year. They are still trying to understand why the young man made a decision that they never saw coming.
“As parents, we think, ‘My son will never do that.’ We love him, he has a good home, everything he needs is here, he is always content,” explained the Puerto Rican father.
Now, devastated by the loss of their son, they are able to see some of the signs that they missed at the time.
When he was a sophomore, Brandon’s parents noticed a change in his behavior: he seemed to hate everybody. “Now we look back, and yes, there were signs, but we thought they were just things all teenagers go through,” said Iraida.
[For more of this story, written by Johanes Roselló, go to http://newamericamedia.org/201...eventing-suicide.php]
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