Details of Her Last Days
Durkin died in a secure area at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan of a single gunshot wound to the head, and the Army has confirmed that Durkin's death was "non-combat"-related.
According to reports, Durkin had told her family that she'd uncovered information that "would upset other military officials." According to Durkin's sister, "She was in the finance unit and she said, 'I discovered some things I don’t like and I made some enemies because of it.' Then she said, in her light-hearted way, 'If anything happens to me, you guys make sure it gets investigated.'" An e-mail she had sent friends in June 2007, claimed a fellow soldier had pulled a 9mm gun on her. Family members have also noted that Durkin was a lesbian which may have posed a problem within the military. After her death a number of scandals involving Afghan arms sales and high level officials surfaced.
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