Monroe Navy recruit collapses, dies

It may be as long as three months before the Navy knows exactly what caused the death of a young recruit from Monroe, La., leaving her family in a mystery about the cause of her death.

A week before she was slated to graduate, Seaman Recruit Kierra Evans, 20, of Monroe, collapsed and died following physical training at Great Lakes, Illinois, officials told the Navy Times.

She was reportedly participating in

 

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