The U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigation Division is investigating the death of a soldier from Elizabethtown.
Pfc. Denisha Montgomery, 27, was found the afternoon of August 9 unresponsive in her barracks room on Lucious Clay Kaserne, in Wiesbaden, Germany, according to Star and Stripes. She was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Montgomery, the mother of three, was assigned to the 139th Military Police Company. She was scheduled to return to Fort Stewart, Georgia, next month.
“We take any and all accusations regarding this incident seriously and request everyone refrain from posting unsubstantiated information to social media platforms,” the U.S. Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF) said in a statement.
“That statement was apparently prompted by assorted online allegations,” Stars and Stripes reports.
Someone describing herself as Montgomery’s aunt wrote in a public Facebook post that Montgomery had been attacked by other soldiers two weeks prior to her death. The post continues, saying that Montgomery was waiting to return to Ft. Stewart before filing a report on the incident.
USAREUR-AF officials have so far declined to disclose a preliminary cause of death or any other details on the case due to the ongoing investigation.
(Photo of Pfc. Denisha Montgomery courtesy of Stars and Stripes)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
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