The 19-year-old soldier who was found dead in her barracks after accusing another soldier of sexual assault died from an accidental overdose, according to the Army.
The Armed Forces Medical Examiner’s investigation officially concluded that her death on was “accidental mixed drug intoxication.” Her autopsy showed that she had overdosed on fentanyl and “multiple synthetic cannaboids”.
The teenager, a private first class in the 1st Armored Division Combat Aviation Brigade, was discovered unresponsive in her barracks room in Texas on New Year’s morning earlier this year. Read the full story here ▶