It is not a good year to be a female soldier or wife of a soldier stationed at Fort Bragg. Since January, Marine Lance Cpl Maria Lauterbach was found buried in the backyard of a fellow Marine who was then charged with her murder. Last month the body of Spc Megan Touma was found in a hotel near Fort Bragg, a victim of foul play with her killer still being at large.
Earlier this month Army 2nd LT Holley Wimunc, a nurse at Fort Bragg, was found dead and her husband was also charged in her murder. Now, Pfc Jeneesa Lewis and her husband have gone missing from their apartment. When officer’s arrived there, called after the Pfc failed to report for physical training, found evidence of foul play and fear the Pfc will become the fourth woman this year to have met an unsavory fate.
One would think that these women, being combat trained, would know how to handle their spouses – but remember, most of the spouses were also combat trained. Besides, aren’t you suppose to be able to trust your mate? Of course, we can’t know yet who killed Touma but they seem to link her death with the fact that she was pregnant. As a matter of record, both Touma and Lauterbach were pregnant – maybe they mention this fact more to outrage us then to suggest a link to their deaths.
At any rate, I’m thinking all the women stationed at Fort Bragg and those married to servicemen stationed at Fort Bragg, might want to have mental health checkups done on their significant others.
