Springfield mother says broken health care system failed son before suicide

LANE COUNTY, Ore. — A Springfield mother is speaking out after her 31-year-old son died by suicide, saying gaps in the health care system left him without the help he needed.

Malissa Glass said her son, Ethan Ewers, died by suicide March 30, 2023. She said she first noticed a shift in him when he was a teenager.

“Ethan was probably about 14-years-old and came to me talking about struggles in school, and I kind of noticed that he was withdrawing a little bit more,” Glass said…

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