HEBER CITY, Utah – On June 2, Park City locals witnessed the end of a high-speed police chase on I-80 near Silver Creek. The man arrested was Frederick “Erick” Holmes — a decorated U.S. Army veteran, Bronze Star recipient, and career Green Beret who served five tours in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Holmes has been diagnosed with PTSD, traumatic brain injury and drug addiction — a battle his wife, Neysa Holmes, has experienced alongside him: the suicide attempts, psychotic breaks, methamphetamine use, and desperate calls to a system that never answers.
“He has had a death wish for months,” Neysa said. “That day was a suicide mission.”…