Mother returns from two years service to discover daughter has died

A military mother and veteran is facing heartbreak after being told that her daughter died four days after she arrived back home in Virginia following two-years in Afghanistan.

Tammy Wilson discovered her daughter Amber Schei had died in a hit-and-run on Saturday in San Diego and instead of her tearful reunion with her 'beautiful angel', Wilson will now have to plan her 27-year-old girl's funeral.

Having struggled to hold down a steady job recently, Schei was also in a recovery home and hoping to be brought back together with her 10-year-old daughter.

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