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Blake and Cason had just spent New Year's together, everything perfect - much like the vacation Mark and Kym took with Tyler, to Mexico, shortly before he died. PHOTO (COLOR): HEAD SPACE Mark and Kym (left; front, far left) shared Tyler's story - from his time at Washington State to his suicide in 2018 - as part of a recent presentation at Bradley University. Ken Wilson, the assistant coach who recruited Tyler to Washington State, happened to be near the Hilinskis' home in Orange County when Mark called in 2018 to say that Tyler had missed practice. THE HILINSKIS B Four and a half years after their 21-year-old son took his own life, Mark and Kym Hilinski stand before yet another audience of young athletes with whom they need to share their story, no matter how much it hurts to tell. b Among the 100-odd people seated in Utah State's auditorium-sized football meeting room is a head coach who earlier this year lost a son to suicide. [Extracted from the article]