Drug Ruled Out as Cause of Killings at Fort
An Army investigation of possible medical and behavioral causes behind a series of domestic killings and suicides at Ft. Bragg has ruled out the antimalaria drug Lariam, an official said.
Speculation about possible explanations for the killings has run the gamut from the stress of combat to psychotic side effects from Lariam. Three of the four soldiers involved in the killings had recently returned from service in Afghanistan.
An Army spokeswoman said she could not discuss findings from the report, which is not in its final form.
USA Today reported Wednesday that the investigators had found no common link in the four killings, except that the soldiers were all in troubled marriages.
A Defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Lariam has been ruled out as a cause.
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