Death of girl, 16, thought to be drug-related

Death of girl, 16, thought to be drug-related
By Michelle Tan - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Feb 18, 2009 21:19:19 EST

The death of a 16-year-old girl in a barracks room at Fort Lewis, Wash., is being investigated as a possible drug-related case, the spokesman for Army Criminal Investigation Command told Army Times on Wednesday.

“We’re speaking to numerous people that reside in that barracks and are familiar with the post,” Chris Grey said.

Another 16-year-old girl was in stable condition at Madigan Army Medical Center and is expected to make a full recovery, said Joe Piek, a spokesman for Fort Lewis.

Emergency response personnel, responding to a 911 call placed by the person manning the staff duty desk, found the girls about 3:30 a.m. on Sunday in a barracks room on post. The girls were unresponsive, and one of them was pronounced dead at the scene by a doctor from Madigan Army Medical Center. The other girl was taken to Madigan for treatment and she is expected to stay there for several more days, Piek said.

It appears that the girls were acquaintances of a soldier who lived in the barracks, Grey said. He declined to say if the girls were found in that soldier’s room.


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