U.S. soldier dies during visit to Italian water park

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U.S. soldier dies during visit to Italian water park
Stars and Stripes
Published: August 14, 2011
UPDATED: Sunday, Aug. 14 at 6:08 a.m. ET

NAPLES, Italy -- A 32-year-old soldier assigned to the U.S. Army Health Center in Vicenza, Italy, died Saturday while visiting a water park with his family in northern Italy, an Army official said.

Staff Sgt. Christopher R. Jones died around 3:30 p.m. Saturday while at Aqualandia near Jesolo, a roughly 90-minute drive from the U.S. Army base in Vicenza, base spokesman Grant Sattler said.
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Broadcaster’s death still under investigation

Broadcaster’s death still under investigation
Stars and Stripes
European edition, Friday, October 30, 2009
NAPLES, Italy — Italian railway police still are awaiting toxicology results from an autopsy of a 20-year-old American Forces Network broadcaster found dead Oct. 20 near Aviano Air Base, Italy, an official said Thursday.

The body of Airman 1st Class Lauren Lagudi, who was stationed at Aviano, was found near the train station in Pordenone, about 10 miles from the air base.

Railway police believe Lagudi died by accident or by suicide, but they have not ruled out the remote possibility of foul play, said an Italian police official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media.
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