houlihan's care. carrie hem has spent years piecing together evidence about what happened to her brother, army veteran craig farington. he died eight years ago hours after being released from tomah. what conclusion did you reach from all of this? what happened to your brother? >> they killed him. >> reporter: according to his death certificate signed by a county medical examiner, farington died from a poly medication overdose, a lethal mixture of prescription medications. the v.a. even paid the family $97,000 to settle its wrongful death claim. when you hear that there was a death that was so similar to your son's so many years earlier, how does that make you feel? >> sad. sick. i think, you know, if things would have -- if action would have been taken back then, i think there would have been -- my son probably would still be alive today. >> reporter: this spring, after scrutiny from whistleblowers, congress and the media, the v.a.'s secretary ordered a review of prescription practices at tomah. it fo