Army Spc. Keisha Marie Morgan looked angry in her coffin

Mother of One Dead Soldier Suspects Sex Assault

By John Lasker
Someone killed Keisha Morgan but the military says it was because of mediations they gave her. According to what came out after her Mom refused the findings of the investigation, it looks like someone killed her. Finding out who was with her will be nearly impossible unless there is pressure to do it. Maybe that is why she looked angry in her coffin because she thought no one would care who did this to her.

WeNews correspondent
Monday, December 20, 2010

At least 20 female soldiers have died in Iraq and Afghanistan in "noncombat" circumstances that their families find mysterious. The mother of one talks here about why she thinks sexual violence--not suicide--was her daughter's real killer.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOMENSENEWS)--When Diana Morgan saw her daughter's body for the first time after her death in Iraq in February of 2008, she thought U.S. Army Spc. Keisha Marie Morgan looked angry in her coffin.

"She looked like she was not at peace. She didn't look like the child I had known," said Morgan, who lives in Washington, D.C.

At the time, Keisha's death in Baghdad was a mystery and designated "non-combat related."

Nearly six months later Army investigators ruled it a suicide brought on by an overdose of her military-dispensed prescription antidepressants.

The military has consistently said all non-combat related deaths undergo a very complete and thorough investigation. Indeed, some reports stretch for 800 pages, which include graphic photos.

Morgan wasn't aware the military had diagnosed Keisha as having depression, let alone taking medication for it. "She was outgoing and very happy," she says, "I can't see her not telling me."

But Keisha had confided in her mother about a night when she was certain a fellow soldier had slipped something in her drink at a local bar. When she awoke the following morning--failing to remember how she left the bar and returned to barracks--the soldier was in her room. This same man was on base at the time of Keisha's death, says her mother, recalling her daughter's concern about this.

A week later, a roommate found Keisha lying on the floor and couldn't tell if she was sleeping. Keisha erupted in seizures and the roommate ran for help. Medics could not stabilize her and she passed away.
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Mother of One Dead Soldier Suspects Sex Assault