European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 19, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 3 s s body was found in . Hotel room by Nancy l. Torner . Bureau 4 the . Air Force has determined after a lengthy investigation that a Young airman formerly assigned to Raf upper Heyford England committed suicide in 1992. Keelyn Ann Ward 20, was found hanging by her neck in a room at the Moon Leet Manor hotel near Weymouth on oct. 15, 1992, the Seaside Village is about 200 Miles South of upper Heyford where Ward had been assigned to the 20th Security police so for about six weeks before her death. The local British Coroner determined in october 1992 that Ward died of asphyxiation by hanging. But he declared the incident a an undetermined death for Lack of evidence and the Case was turned Over to the . Air Force for investigation. A the air Force probe lasted eight months and culminated in a report by special agent Dana e. Gray with the air Force office of special investigations det 515, at upper Heyford. The stars and stripes obtained the report several months after it was completed. The 136-Page report includes an autopsy and Laboratory reports. However Many parts of the report were blacked out and 19 pages were withheld. The investigative operations Center at Bolling fab in Washington d.c., which released the report cited . Law and air Force regulations in denying the full report. In a cover letter the Center said the deleted information a could reasonably be expected to result in an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy a and which a if revealed could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential source or information furnished by a confidential source in the course of a criminal investigation.�?�. The air Force report included interviews with family friends work associates and hotel staff and a psychological autopsy which speculated on personality state of mind and probable intentions at time of death. The psychological autopsy by maj. Nancy a. Stick or an air Force investigative psychologist at Bolling fab concluded that evidence indicated that Ward went to Weymouth with suicide in mind and that she had a a Strong familial and genetic tendency to emotional illness and suicidal  Ward enlisted in the air Force on March 16, 1992, and arrived at upper Heyford on aug. 26. She was last seen at the base about noon oct. 11 when she told friends she was going sightseeing in Oxford about 15 Miles South of the base. Ward checked into the Weymouth hotel about 11 . Oct. 12 without Luggage under the name of v. Kobler. It is not known How she arrived at the hotel which is in a secluded area More than two Miles from the nearest town Chickerell and More than four Miles from Weymouth. Ward paid for two nights lodging and said she was meeting a Man who would not arrive until the next Day the report said. Hotel staff told investigators that they were not aware of Ward receiving any visitors. Ward ultimately stayed a third night for which she did not pay and was found dead by hotel staff the following morning the report  housekeeping services during her hotel stay and although some meals were included with the room Ward ate in the hotel restaurant Only once the report said. She also ordered a bottle of wine from the hotel bar oct. 12 and placed a single order with hotel reception oct. 13 for two soft drinks and two Mineral Waters the report said. A Ward also was seen by hotel staff at about 12 10 . Oct. 14 walking alone on a Road away from the hotel. The last Contact with Ward was about 3 . On oct. 14, when hotel reception called to verify that she was staying another night. Although hotel staff reported seeing what looked like a diary in Ward s coat pocket no diary tickets or identification were found in her hotel room the report said. Ward s military identification card also was missing from her personal belongings at upper Heyford which were packed by upper Heyford Security police oct. 13, no letters notes or diaries were found the report said. Isolated gis endure the dog Days of Bairoa by Kevin Dougherty staff writer Bairoa Somalia a slingshots baseball mitts and a scrounge Black dog tentatively named Max help while away the time for seven . Army communication specialists assigned to the Airport in Bairoa a year ago this week . Marines arrived in Bairoa to restore some semblance of order securing the City s air it it and escorting food convoys. The presence since then has dwindled to _ e army communication specialists who expect to remain in the City until March the deadline for withdrawal of . Forces from Somalia. A was far As the americans being out Here on a permanent basis we Are it a  Vince Crawley spec. Erich Neujahr left and pfc. Phillip Wheelden sit at a desk they made in their spare time for a local orphanage. Said army staff sgt. Carl Horton who Heads the 516th signal co det from fort Hua Chuca Ariz. Their isolated Camp which they Call outpost Bairoa conjures up visions of a Frontier settlement on the Western Plains of the United states. The Flat scraggly landscape stretches for Miles without so much As a Hill or Mound to enhance the View. Cirrus Clouds float High above the Dusty Plains providing intermittent Relief from the Sun that beats Down on Horton and his men. A few armed bandits Lurk among the townsfolk who seemed resigned to their existence at least for the time being. Although Horton 32, from Newport news va., and his men live and work near soldiers from other nations a most notably India a they More or less keep to themselves at the Airport and to the task of providing communication links throughout Somalia. Joking that their initials Are at amp to for army tactical Telephone they Call the unit a the Only Telephone company Quot in Somalia. A sister detachment is assigned to an outpost in Barbera. A we have baseball mitts horseshoes puzzles books a said pfc. John Munson 21, of Oxnard Calif. A we Are just trying to make a jiving  under a huge satellite dish Munson plays with a thin but Spunky Little dog. A military dog tag tangles from its neck As it Rolls around on its Back and squirms whenever Munson a right hand finds fur. A actually his first name was Max but he did no to respond to it a said pfc. Phillip Wheelden 21, who hails from Aberdeen my. A a it a a Good log though. He s real  when Den and spec. Erich Neujahr 21, of Seward neb., aed Cate much of their off duty time to helping about 1,000 children at a local orphanage. The orphans daily subsistence consists of water milk and crackers. The two soldiers scour the Airport for discarded building materials and ask other countries to donate any supplies they can to the orphanage. They also ask for spare parts and materials from any strangers who pass through outpost Bairoa Wheelden and Neujahr Hope to restore electric s4s vines crawly army staff sgt. Carl Horton who Heads the 516th signal co det expects to keep his unit at outpost Bairoa until . Troops pull out of Somalia in March. Power to the facility and Over thanksgiving they amassed enough scrap lumber to build 55 desks and about 20 benches for the childrens school room. A the kids Are great a said Neujahr As he fiddled with a Slingshot. A they Are really affectionate. We know that what we Are doing is going to help them for a  other than this Small scale humanitarian gesture duty at outpost Bairoa usually just Means a killing time a Horton said. The original motive for sending . Troops to the Horn of Africa was worthwhile he said a but the majority of the worthwhile portion is Over with a that was getting people fed. Now its kind of a chess game with clan Leader Mohamed Farrah  1 there Are alternatives to the tedium of Bairoa he said a if someone were really Burnt out bored out of his mind he can rotate Back to Mogadishu a Horton said. But so far there have been no takers on the offer to return to the chaotic capital of somalian contributing to this report St it writer Vince Crawley amps Kevin Dougherty the army tactical Telephone unit jokingly dubbed at amp to helps maintain communication links throughout Somalia