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Family of Dead Guard Member Raises Questions on Death

HeadlineOct 05, 2007

The family of an openly gay National Guard member found dead in Afghanistan is raising questions over whether she was murdered. Family members say Ciara Durkin told them last month she feared retribution over objections she had raised to unspecified activity at the Bagram Airfield. Durkin is said to have warned her family members to call for an investigation in case anything happened to her. She was found shot once in the head last week.

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