A Gold Star family has expressed deep frustration after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth initially appeared willing to assist them in investigating the 2012 death of Navy SEAL Commander Job Price, only to later stop communicating.Commander Price was found dead in his quarters in Afghanistan with a gunshot wound to the head.Investigators reported irregularities in the evidence but ultimately ruled out foul play.Dissatisfied with the official findings, Price’s family reached out to Hegseth in 2022 when he was a Fox News host.Hegseth initially acknowledged potential issues with the investigation and suggested he might help the family pursue answers.Text messages indicate he questioned the official ruling of suicide, citing photographic evidence that seemed inconsistent with self-inflicted death.However, over the following weeks, Hegseth’s engagement waned, and by April 2023, he ceased responding, leaving the family without resolution.

Despite Hegseth now serving as Pentagon leader in a pro-military administration, the Price family has received no indication that the case will be reopened.The lack of follow-through has left them feeling abandoned by someone who once presented himself as an advocate for military families.