North Carolina police are investigating another pregnant soldier's death

Authorities are investigating the death of a soldier who was seven months pregnant after her body was found at a Fayetteville, N.C., motel.

Spc. Megan Lynn Touma was identified Tuesday, two days after her body was found. The 23-year-old dental specialist with the 19th Replacement Company was from Cold Spring, Ky.

The Fayetteville Police Department called the death suspicious in a release but didn't say why or immediately return a phone message. The release said the cause of death isn't known.

She had arrived at Fort Bragg from a base Germany less than two weeks ago.

Touma is the second pregnant service member to die in North Carolina this year. A fellow Marine has been charged in the death of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach and is awaiting extradition from Mexico.

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I know we called Fayetteville, Fayette-Nam back in my day (and with good reason) but this trend of dead pregnant soldiers is a little creepy even for an old war horse like me.