NEW
YORK
—
The
military
has
concluded
a
nine-month
investigation
and
determined
that
a
lesbian
soldier
found
dead
in
Afghanistan
committed
suicide
by
shooting
herself
in
the
head
with
her
own
Army-issued
M-16
rifle
on
Sept.
28,
Editor
&
Publisher,
a
journalism
trade
magazine,
reported.
Officials
first
said
Ciara
Durkin,
30,
of
Quincy,
Mass.,
who
served
in
the
National
Guard,
had
died
“in
action,”
then
revealed
that
she
was
killed
in
a
“non-combat”
incident
that
was
being
investigated.
Friends
and
family
members
wondered
if
she’d
been
targeted
for
being
gay.
The
Boston
Globe
reported
that
Durkin
had
been
on
medication
for
depression
but
stopped
taking
it
because
it
made
her
manic.
Durkin
was
engaged
to
her
girlfriend
and
planned
to
marry
her
in
Massachusetts
this
year.
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